The Unbearable Lightness of Memory
Explore the fascinating world of long-term memory in this 1 hour 24 minute conference talk from the World Science Festival. Delve into the storage, recall, and forgetting processes of memory from molecular, psychological, and emotional perspectives. Discover how memories can be naturally altered and how they might help predict the future. Investigate phenomena like déjà vu, suggestibility, and "senior moments." Learn about different types of memory, conditioning, and animal memory studies. Examine the potential for memory erasure and updating through reconsolidation. Understand how memories can be misremembered or falsely created, and participate in a misattribution memory test. Explore the connection between emotional and persistent memories, and hear about extraordinary memory capabilities. Gain insights from experts in the field as they discuss these intriguing aspects of human memory and its complexities.