Charan Ranganath

Because to get a very good model of the future, it really helps to have episodic memories to draw upon, right? And so that's the basic idea. And in fact, one of the most impressive things, when people started to scan people's brains and ask people to remember past events, what they found was there was this big network of the brain called the default mode network.

Because to get a very good model of the future, it really helps to have episodic memories to draw upon, right? And so that's the basic idea. And in fact, one of the most impressive things, when people started to scan people's brains and ask people to remember past events, what they found was there was this big network of the brain called the default mode network.

it gets a lot of press because it's like thought to be important. It's engaged during mind wandering. And if I ask you to pay attention to something, it only comes on when you stop paying attention, you know, so people, Oh, it's just this kind of, you know, daydreaming network. And I thought, this is just ridiculous research. Who cares? You know?

it gets a lot of press because it's like thought to be important. It's engaged during mind wandering. And if I ask you to pay attention to something, it only comes on when you stop paying attention, you know, so people, Oh, it's just this kind of, you know, daydreaming network. And I thought, this is just ridiculous research. Who cares? You know?

it gets a lot of press because it's like thought to be important. It's engaged during mind wandering. And if I ask you to pay attention to something, it only comes on when you stop paying attention, you know, so people, Oh, it's just this kind of, you know, daydreaming network. And I thought, this is just ridiculous research. Who cares? You know?

Um, but then what people found was when people recall episodic memories, this network gets active and, um, So we started to look into it, and this network of areas is really closely, functionally interacting with the hippocampus. And so, in fact, some would say the hippocampus is part of this default network.

Um, but then what people found was when people recall episodic memories, this network gets active and, um, So we started to look into it, and this network of areas is really closely, functionally interacting with the hippocampus. And so, in fact, some would say the hippocampus is part of this default network.

Um, but then what people found was when people recall episodic memories, this network gets active and, um, So we started to look into it, and this network of areas is really closely, functionally interacting with the hippocampus. And so, in fact, some would say the hippocampus is part of this default network.

And if you look at brain images of people, or brain maps of activation, so to speak, of people imagining possible scenarios of things that could happen in the future, or even things that couldn't really be very plausible... they look very similar. I mean, you know, to the naked eye, they look almost the same as maps of brain activation when people remember the past.

And if you look at brain images of people, or brain maps of activation, so to speak, of people imagining possible scenarios of things that could happen in the future, or even things that couldn't really be very plausible... they look very similar. I mean, you know, to the naked eye, they look almost the same as maps of brain activation when people remember the past.

And if you look at brain images of people, or brain maps of activation, so to speak, of people imagining possible scenarios of things that could happen in the future, or even things that couldn't really be very plausible... they look very similar. I mean, you know, to the naked eye, they look almost the same as maps of brain activation when people remember the past.

According to our theory, and we've got some data to support this, we've broken up this network into various sub-pieces, is that basically it's kind of taking apart all of our experiences and creating these little Lego blocks out of them.

According to our theory, and we've got some data to support this, we've broken up this network into various sub-pieces, is that basically it's kind of taking apart all of our experiences and creating these little Lego blocks out of them.

According to our theory, and we've got some data to support this, we've broken up this network into various sub-pieces, is that basically it's kind of taking apart all of our experiences and creating these little Lego blocks out of them.

And then you can put them back together if you have the right instructions to recreate these experiences that you've had, but you could also reassemble them into new pieces to create a model of an event that hasn't happened yet. And that's what we think happens. And our common ground that we're establishing in language requires using those building blocks to put together a model of what's going on.

And then you can put them back together if you have the right instructions to recreate these experiences that you've had, but you could also reassemble them into new pieces to create a model of an event that hasn't happened yet. And that's what we think happens. And our common ground that we're establishing in language requires using those building blocks to put together a model of what's going on.

And then you can put them back together if you have the right instructions to recreate these experiences that you've had, but you could also reassemble them into new pieces to create a model of an event that hasn't happened yet. And that's what we think happens. And our common ground that we're establishing in language requires using those building blocks to put together a model of what's going on.

One of the few literature books that I've read, I should say. I read a lot in school that I don't remember, but Brothers Karamazov.

One of the few literature books that I've read, I should say. I read a lot in school that I don't remember, but Brothers Karamazov.

One of the few literature books that I've read, I should say. I read a lot in school that I don't remember, but Brothers Karamazov.