Ep19 "How far can you trust your memory?"

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We rely on our memory to understand the world. But what if our memories aren't true? This week, we talk to psychologist Elizabeth Loftus about the malleability of memory — what we remember, and what we think we remember.

Most people are great at remembering key points from important events in their lives, while the finer details - such as the colour of the table cloth in your favourite restaurant or the song playing on the radio while you brushed your teeth - are forgotten. But some people see ...

Our memories are easily contaminated. We can be made to believe we rode in a hot air balloon or kissed a magnifying glass — even if those things never happened. So how do we know which of our memories are most accurate? This week, psychologist Ayanna Thomas explains how memor ...

There is a chance the very few memories that you have actually happened exactly the way you remember them happening. That being said, can we trust anyone's memories? Well in this episode, I am going to teach you the 3 things that happen to someone's brain when they recall memo ...