The Psychology of Memory

About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of memory and why some things are harder to forget than others.

One of the greatest features of our brains is that we can forget things, but why is it so difficult to forget some things but not others? It turns out, our brains absorb information before we ever get a chance to evaluate it — and once something is in there, there’s no delete key. In […] The post The Psychology of Memory appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts .

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke

Topics covered

• memory
• psychology
• forgetting
• brain function
• information processing

Keywords

• memory
• psychology
• forgetting
• brain
• information

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