Charan Ranganath

And in fact, it's like the sands are always shifting. There's always change that's happening. Sometimes we do it without knowing it and we just make a lot of mistakes because errors start to accumulate in our memories. But sometimes we can do it properly. And sometimes we can use that to our advantage.

And in fact, it's like the sands are always shifting. There's always change that's happening. Sometimes we do it without knowing it and we just make a lot of mistakes because errors start to accumulate in our memories. But sometimes we can do it properly. And sometimes we can use that to our advantage.

There are two schools of thought, both of which are probably right. One is that you forget because a memory just disappears from the brain. These connections that you have between neurons that allow the memory to be pulled up, those connections start to decay and become wiped out, and then you lose access to the memory because it's just gone.

There are two schools of thought, both of which are probably right. One is that you forget because a memory just disappears from the brain. These connections that you have between neurons that allow the memory to be pulled up, those connections start to decay and become wiped out, and then you lose access to the memory because it's just gone.

There are two schools of thought, both of which are probably right. One is that you forget because a memory just disappears from the brain. These connections that you have between neurons that allow the memory to be pulled up, those connections start to decay and become wiped out, and then you lose access to the memory because it's just gone.

Another school of thought is that you can't find the memory you're looking for. But if you had the right cue, you would be able to pull it up, right? So you're trying to remember the name of the guy who was in that thing and you can't pull it up. And then an hour later, it just pops into your head, but it's too late. Your conversation is over, right? So in one case, you were in the wrong context.

Another school of thought is that you can't find the memory you're looking for. But if you had the right cue, you would be able to pull it up, right? So you're trying to remember the name of the guy who was in that thing and you can't pull it up. And then an hour later, it just pops into your head, but it's too late. Your conversation is over, right? So in one case, you were in the wrong context.

Another school of thought is that you can't find the memory you're looking for. But if you had the right cue, you would be able to pull it up, right? So you're trying to remember the name of the guy who was in that thing and you can't pull it up. And then an hour later, it just pops into your head, but it's too late. Your conversation is over, right? So in one case, you were in the wrong context.

You couldn't pull it up. But now in a different context, you can pull it up very easily. So we have... It's absolutely...

You couldn't pull it up. But now in a different context, you can pull it up very easily. So we have... It's absolutely...

You couldn't pull it up. But now in a different context, you can pull it up very easily. So we have... It's absolutely...

unequivocal that we have access to more memory we have more memories that we could pull up than we can than what we can actually pull up at any given time so some of forgetting is just not being able to find um there is some evidence though to suggest that not everything's completely capped and you know i fully believe that too based on the biology of that

unequivocal that we have access to more memory we have more memories that we could pull up than we can than what we can actually pull up at any given time so some of forgetting is just not being able to find um there is some evidence though to suggest that not everything's completely capped and you know i fully believe that too based on the biology of that

unequivocal that we have access to more memory we have more memories that we could pull up than we can than what we can actually pull up at any given time so some of forgetting is just not being able to find um there is some evidence though to suggest that not everything's completely capped and you know i fully believe that too based on the biology of that

So it's a little of both, but I think we don't give ourselves enough of an opportunity to find those memories sometimes when they are there.

So it's a little of both, but I think we don't give ourselves enough of an opportunity to find those memories sometimes when they are there.

So it's a little of both, but I think we don't give ourselves enough of an opportunity to find those memories sometimes when they are there.

There is. It's controversial as to how effective it is. But a good friend of mine, Mike Anderson, has done a lot of research on what he calls voluntary forgetting, which is basically you cue people to recall something and then you tell the person, just suppress it. Don't think about it. And what you find is, is that

There is. It's controversial as to how effective it is. But a good friend of mine, Mike Anderson, has done a lot of research on what he calls voluntary forgetting, which is basically you cue people to recall something and then you tell the person, just suppress it. Don't think about it. And what you find is, is that

There is. It's controversial as to how effective it is. But a good friend of mine, Mike Anderson, has done a lot of research on what he calls voluntary forgetting, which is basically you cue people to recall something and then you tell the person, just suppress it. Don't think about it. And what you find is, is that