Why do we forget our reason for entering a room? How does technology impact our brain? Each episode will teach you a new technique for boosting your memory using fun, in-episode exercises you can easily practice from home, with leading specialists such as a Harvard Professor of Psychology, a world memory champion, and more.

What You'll Learn

The different kinds of memory
The truth behind cultural conceptions of memory, like photographic memory or Sherlock Holmes' "mind palace"
Why it's so hard to learn names
How to forget things less frequently

Course Outline

EP 1: Introduction to memory

I need Google Maps to get just about anywhere. How has reliance on technology impacted our memory?

EP 2: Short term memory, and how the “pros” do it

What goes on in the brain when we try to store short-term information?

EP 3: Episodic memory: The imperfect movie of your life

This episode is all about what makes episodic memory (our recollection of our own experiences) tick.

EP 4: Semantic memory and your knowledge about the world

What is semantic memory?

EP 5: Spatial memory and the memory palace

Sherlock Holmes’ famous memory palace technique is real, and tons of people just like you and me trained themselves to build one. But does spatial memory work?

EP 6: Visual memories and photographic memories

A guest expert breaks down the science of visual memory, and scrutinizes the cultural concept of the photographic memory.

EP 7: False memories (and the curse of the “Mandela effect”)

Is it Berenstain Bears, or Berenstein Bears? This episode dives into the reason behind false memories.

EP 8: Remembering names and faces

This episode breaks down the process of remembering names and faces-- how it works, and how to do it better.

EP 9: Learning language, an incredible feat

This episode features a crash course on the science of language in the brain, plus some helpful tips for how we can learn new languages better.

EP 10: Why we forget

The final expert explains some common forms of forgetting and how we can make them happen less often.

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