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Our Emotional Memory
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Where were you on 9/11, and why do you remember it so clearly? Dr. Elizabeth Phelps, a Harvard neuroscience professor who studies the effect of trauma on memory, explains how highly emotional events get stored in our brains. Find out why we are so confident that these "flashbulb memories" are completely accurate, even though the evidence suggests otherwise. Plus... the "Michael Moore effect" that can influence what we think we remember.
Released:
Jan 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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