#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories
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#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories mentions Why We Remember. Unlocking Memory’s Power To Hold On To What Matters. by Charan Ranganath with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
The way we remember things is not the replay of the experience, it’s something totally different.
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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.
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