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Mnemonology (MEMORY) Part 2 with Michael Yassa

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Remembering names! Preventing dementia! Photographic memories! Weed! Goldfish! It’s the thrilling conclusion of Mnemonology with Dr. Michael Yassa, the Director of UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. We talk long vs. short term memories, how smells can pack a wallop of emotions, prosopagnosia (“facial blindness”), the fog of new parenthood, Alzheimer's and other causes of dementia, and tips to keep your brain in tip-top shape. Let’s make some mems.

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0:00.0

Oh, hey, it's still the fountain at the mall that's never on. Allie Ward, you are here for part two of

0:06.2

Nemenology, memory. Please tell me that you started with part one. Even if you don't remember it,

0:11.7

start with part one, because this is the thrilling conclusion with Professor, Researcher,

0:16.7

and the Director of UC Irvine Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

0:21.8

He's amazing.

0:26.0

We're going to get into it, but first, this is a wall-to-wall episode of questions from patrons.

0:31.2

And if you'd like to submit some time, you two can join for as low as a buck a month,

0:33.7

and upper tiers can submit audio questions.

0:38.8

Thank you also to everyone getting Ologiesmerch from Ologiesmerch.com, and thanks to everyone leaving us reviews, which boosts the show so much. And each week, I remember to read them all,

0:44.6

and I pick a just written one, such as this one from Sula Singh, who wrote, this podcast,

0:50.0

saved my life. It's like spending an hour at the most amazing library ever where you find exactly

0:54.9

the right book that you didn't know that you needed. Sula Seng and everyone who's ever left a review,

0:59.6

I have read it. And thank you. Welcome to the library. Okay, on to part two where we answer your

1:04.5

questions about how to remember names and faces, what causes Alzheimer's, photographic memory, short-term versus long-term memory,

1:13.7

how to prevent dementia, cannabis, and memory, goldfish brains, and why smelling sunscreen

1:19.2

makes you want to cry sometimes, with neurobiologist, professor, researcher, and memory expert,

1:24.7

neeminologist, Dr. Michael Yasser.

1:48.1

Thank you. and memory expert, nemenologist, Dr. Michael Yasser. Oh, I have questions from listeners. Can I ask you one million?

1:48.9

Of course.

1:53.8

You're the best. Okay. So this question was on the minds of patrons.

1:58.6

Esopardi, Elsa T., who's a first-time question-asker and face name forgetter.

2:03.0

Diana, Stereznik, Dean, Lily B, and audio question submitter.

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