How Human Memory Works: Why The Brain Remembers And Forgets

Try and remember a vivid memory, like getting your learner’s permit, and now try to remember what you had for breakfast last week. Why do some memories just come and go? In TED-Ed’s latest video, “How memories form and how we lose them,” host Catherine Young delves into the process of memory formation, and what mechanisms are behind why we remember some things and forget others.

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