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What is a memory? And how is it stored?
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Have you ever had such a clear memory of something and then found out it never happened? We tend to think of a memory as a photo in an album that we can open up and access whenever we want. But it’s more like the pieces of a photo scattered in a stack of papers and you might only be able to access a couple of those pieces at a time. In this week's episode we're asking, "How do our brains form and store memories? And why do we lose them?" For a transcript of the episode, head to: http://www.acs.org/tinymatters
Released:
Mar 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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