On this first episode of Obsessed With Learning, we take a look at the backbone of learning: memory. This first part of three in discussing the large field of memory goes into long-term memory, the fundamentals of memory study, its roots in Ancient Greece with various philosophers, forgetting, and strategies to use your memory more effectively. 

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Edited by: Marie Williams-Gagnon & Sydney Fleming-White

References

The Oxford Handbook of Memory - edited by E. Tulving and F. Craik

Human Memory (2ed) by Neath, I., & Surprenant, A. M.

Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

Phaedrus by Plato - translated by Benjamin Jowett

De Oratore by Cicero - translated by Sutton & Rackham

Homer's Odyssey recited in ancient Greek by F.J.A. Pockley - provided by Simon Pockley