The science of memory with Charan Ranganath

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist who has spent his career studying memory. His new book, Why We Remember, surveys the latest science on the subject and digs into the links between memory and identity. Charan and Adam discuss surprising evidence on why we remember, what we forget, and how learning new ideas happens.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. Stay updated on Everything Business on Ted Business, a podcast hosted by
0:14.3	Columbia Business School Professor Modupe Akenola. Every week she'll introduce
0:18.9	you to leaders with unique insights on work, answering questions like,
0:23.2	how do four day work week's work?
0:25.2	Do will a machine ever take my job?
0:27.6	Get some surprising answers on Ted Business
0:30.0	wherever you listen to podcasts. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:37.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick
0:41.0	with the TED Audio Collective.
0:42.0	I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking what makes us tick with the TED Audio Collective.
0:42.9	I'm an organizational psychologist,
0:44.7	and I'm taking you inside the minds
0:46.2	of fascinating people to explore new thoughts
0:49.0	and new ways of thinking.
0:58.1	My guest today is Charon Rangonath, a psychologist and neuroscientist who directs the dynamic memory lab at the University of California Davis.
1:01.5	Are you a forgetful person?
1:03.0	I am a very forgetful person.
1:05.0	I know that I am the prototypical absent-minded professor.
1:08.0	And so I do have a lot of problems with memory.
1:11.0	So it's probably a reason why I'm interested in the prefrontal cortex as a result.
1:15.4	He's a Guggenheim fellow and the author of the new book, Why We Remember. And he's about to turn
1:21.1	some of your assumptions about memory upside down.
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