Remembering is a tricky, unstable business. This hour: a look behind the curtain of how memories are made...and forgotten.
The act of recalling in our minds something that happened in the past is an unstable and profoundly unreliable process--it’s easy come, easy go as we learn how true memories can be obliterated, and false ones added. Then, Oliver Sacks ... Show More
Apr 2023
Remember More, Forget Less
<p>It happens to the best of us — we blank on someone's name, or forget an important meeting, or bomb a test we thought we'd ace. Today on the show, we talk to cognitive scientist <a href="https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/dbw8m">Daniel Willingham</a> about the ... Show More
49m 51s
Aug 2023
[LE CHOIX DE LOUIE] Mémoires - Lucette et Camille
<p>Cet été, dans <em>Passages</em>, on vous fait découvrir des podcasts qu’on a écoutés ailleurs et qui nous ont bouleversé.e.s. Cette semaine, on vous propose <em>Mémoires</em>, un podcast de Juliette Mogenet et Céline Gransard, produit par Brolmakers, qui raconte notre rapport ... Show More
22m 15s
May 2022
Fading into Memories, Music for the Mind, Air Diamonds
Today, you’ll learn about how doctors may have accidentally confirmed that our lives do flash before our eyes just before death, the scientists aiming to legitimize art and music therapy as treatment for mental trauma and how scientists are pulling diamonds out of thin air! ... E ... Show More
14m 47s