To Remember Better, Build a Mansion in Your Mind
Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, walks us through the process of constructing “memory ...
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So, obviously, the amygdala plays a big role in how we remember but apparently we also have, there’s also a huge role for the hippocampus which is spatial, with the amygdala being more emotional. Am I right thus far? Sure. Okay. That’s all I have! So, if you want to talk about the role of the hippocampus, which is truly fascinating, you might have heard about this recent bestselling book called "Moonwalking with Einstein" which talks about people who are specialists in remembering stuff – memory champs they’re called. Written by Joshua Foer who couldn’t be here tonight but he did tape something for us which I want to show you and then we will get into the hippocampus. Check it out. The kind folks at the World Science Festival have very generously given me a list of 150 ran...
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So, obviously, the amygdala plays a big role in how we remember but apparently we also have, there’s also a huge role for the hippocampus which is spatial, with the amygdala being more emotional. Am I right thus far? Sure. Okay. That’s all I have! So, if you want to talk about the role of the hippocampus, which is truly fascinating, you might have heard about this recent bestselling book called "Moonwalking with Einstein" which talks about people who are specialists in remembering stuff – memory champs they’re called. Written by Joshua Foer who couldn’t be here tonight but he did tape something for us which I want to show you and then we will get into the hippocampus. Check it out. The kind folks at the World Science Festival have very generously given me a list of 150 ran...
