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Listen, wherever you get your podcast. This is But Why, a podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public.

I'm Jane Lindholm.

On this show, we take questions from curious kids all over the world, and we find answers.

Have you ever...

Have you ever...

Shoot.

I forgot what I was going to say.

Good thing today's show is all about memory. We're going to talk with someone who can help us understand why we forget things and how we remember.

I study how the brain works and the magical things it does that help you learn and remember and make decisions and get along with your siblings and be creative, make art or music, have ideas, and go about and grow into, you know, adults.

That's Nick Turk Brown. He's a professor of psychology at Yale University.

Psychology is the study of how we think and behave and how our minds work.

Professor Turk Brown was excited to hear what kinds of questions you've sent us about memory.

So let's get right to them.

Hello, I'm Bryn.

I'm 11 years old and I live in New Cady, Texas. How does memory work? Hi, I'm Brian. I'm 11 years old, and I live in New Cady, Texas. How does memory work?

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