Our memory of the twin towers attack has been strengthened by events that happened much later.
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Current events can boost our collective memory of past events in predictable ways, finds study.
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This episode of The Anthill podcast delves into the world of memory. We talk to psychologists, historians and political scientists about how and why we remember some things and forget others.
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What you end up remembering isn’t always what you have witnessed.
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Studying odour memory is more than just an interesting diversion, it has practical uses too.
Music can be a stronger trigger for shared memories than photos as we age, even in people with dementia.
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For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.
The human brain is not good at remembering more than a few things at a time.
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Working memory and intelligence tend to go hand in hand.
Memory preserving serum?
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If you believe intoxicated people always give unreliable eyewitness testimonies, think again.
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The Imperial War Museum was founded to do a very different task to that of today.
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More and more research suggests dogs have one of the best memories in the animal kingdom.
Many people can recall incredible detail.
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The details in memories can often make them feel photographic, but many scientists are sceptical that photographic memories really exist.
Because of years of persecution many Rohingya children have never known Myanmar, which is claimed by the community as their country.
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Rohingya songs and drawings are a form of resistance against the persecutions they face in Myanmar and in Bangladesh.
Many hands, light work.
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It’s all down to what’s called your working memory.
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We know that smoking and drinking is bad for your memory, but combined, they’re so much worse.
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Which objects would you choose to tell the story of your life?
What’s going on in the brain?
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What’s going on in the brain when something seems familiar but we don’t know why.
Why do we retain some memories better than others?
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The Florey Institute’s Dr Jee Hyun Kim explains how the different aspects of memory work and why attention is the most important element of improving your memory in this long-form comic explainer.
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The effects of long-term tobacco smoking on our mental faculties such as memory and concentration are only now becoming known.
Be young, be foolish …
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Known as the reminiscence bump, memory scientists are hotly debating what causes it.
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Results of the first large-scale study to specifically investigate the musical features that might increase the ‘earworminess’ of a song.
Cramming does’t help you retain information, so the effect of a long night on the books may not be for much.
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An intense night of study won’t help you remember information in the long-term – and the stress of revising under pressure will likely impact on your sleep and thus your exam performance.