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Video Clips
Daniel Kilov explains why and how he became a memory athlete, and how being present to information around us can help each and every one of us improve our memory and recall.
A description of the “memory palace” technique and its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it.
The brain is designed to forget--and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Learn the basics of how we remember and forget, why memory is fallible, and why that can be dangerous.
A discussion of the adaptive nature of the organization of human long-term memory. Topics such as theory of disuse, storage strength, and retrieval strength are covered in relation to the brain’s functional architecture.
Covers Superior Autobiographical Memory and the handful of individuals who have this gift.
Audio Clips
Ways to make memory better through elevated focus. A discussion of the factors that play into enhancement as well as impairment of memory.
A discussion of childhood amnesia: when it starts, memories that might survive it, and how stories are a powerful tool in remembering.
For BBC Radio 4, Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of memory erasing.
