What Memories Are Made Of

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Our memories are imperfect treasures – dear to our hearts but not necessarily accurate snapshots of reality. CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to neurobiologist Michael Yassa about how memories are stored in the brain, why we forget, and what we’ve gotten wrong about how it’s supposed to work. To help understand the mechanisms of memory, we meet a woman who remembers absolutely everything... and a man who can’t even recall what he ate for breakfast. Plus, actionable tips for how we can keep our memories sharp at any age. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you were to say, you know, Marke, when was your first boyfriend's birthday?
0:07.3	And I haven't talked to this guy in 10 years, but I could tell you his birthday is November
0:11.2	6.
0:12.6	That's Marke Pastrenack, a 27 year old resident of Macon, Georgia with a very special talent.
0:19.2	I can do that because I remember every day of everything.
0:23.8	Marke can tell you where she was and what she did nearly every day of her life since she
0:29.5	was 10.
0:30.7	For example, December 11, 2006, it was just a random date we quizzed her on.
0:37.4	In 2006, December 11 was a Monday.
0:42.0	And on that Monday, the Chicago Bears played the St. Louis Rams in Monday Night Football.
0:49.3	My dad was a really big Bears fan, and so I remember him watching the game.
0:53.7	What about the next year?
0:54.7	In 2007, December 11 was a Tuesday, and I had figure skating practice that day.
1:01.9	On that Tuesday, in particular, we were preparing to go to our first synchronized figure skating
1:09.2	competition in Maplewood, Minnesota.
1:12.8	And so my coach was having me practice some of the footwork for our team competition during
1:19.4	my individual lesson.
1:21.9	And the next year?
1:23.2	In 2008, December 11 was a Thursday.
1:28.2	And on that Thursday, more figure skating memories, that coming weekend was our Christmas
1:36.1	show.
1:38.0	How about the year after that?
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