Memories are actually changed by the act of recalling something.

It's a moving target.

When you retrieve memories, you have this new opportunity to reframe it within this larger

narrative and look at things from a different

perspective and incorporate what you know now with information from the past.

So this whole dynamic nature of memory and the way it unfolds over time is just I think it's a very beautiful thing.

So do you ever feel like your memories are just kind of slipping away whether it's forgetting a name,

what you did over the weekend, or that classic

but where there's a car and the car keys.

Or maybe it's that you seem to be losing precious moments with loved ones, forgetting

meaningful life experiences, or maybe you're less able to hold on to what really matters

without working harder to recall it. If so, you're not alone. Our memories can feel a little bit like

sand slipping through our fingers fingers no matter how desperately we

tried to cling to them. Question is what's happening there and how much of it is

natural and okay, how much is a source of concern, what is really causing it, and what can we do about it?

What if you could unlock the power hidden within your own mind, your brain to remember more of

what makes life worth living?

My guest today, Charon Wrenanoth,

a professor of psychology and neuroscience

at UC Davis who has spent over 25 years

studying the intricate mechanisms of memory.

In his fascinating new book, Why We Remember, unlocking memory's power to hold on to what matters,

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