#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
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Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis, specializing in human memory. He is the author of a new book titled Why We Remember. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Charan’s Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptWkt1wAAAAJ
Dynamic Memory Lab: https://dml.ucdavis.edu/
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00 ) – Introduction
(10:18 ) – Experiencing self vs remembering self
(23:59 ) – Creating memories
(33:31 ) – Why we forget
(41:08 ) – Training memory
(51:37 ) – Memory hacks
(1:03:26 ) – Imagination vs memory
(1:12:44 ) – Memory competitions
(1:22:33 ) – Science of memory
(1:37:48 ) – Discoveries
(1:48:52 ) – Deja vu
(1:54:09 ) – False memories
(2:14:14 ) – False confessions
(2:18:00 ) – Heartbreak
(2:25:34 ) – Nature of time
(2:33:15 ) – Brain–computer interface (BCI)
(2:47:19 ) – AI and memory
(2:57:33 ) – ADHD
(3:04:30 ) – Music
(3:14:15 ) – Human mind
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