Charan Ranganath

Maybe I'll just kind of take a moment and really check in with my feelings maybe and just kind of get a sense of like, well, this is how I felt at this moment. And so, yeah, I mean, I think it's perfectly natural to have moments where you're like, this is so good, I have to hold on to it.

But rather than kicking yourself, you can be proactive and indulge yourself in the very things that you want to remember even more.

But rather than kicking yourself, you can be proactive and indulge yourself in the very things that you want to remember even more.

But rather than kicking yourself, you can be proactive and indulge yourself in the very things that you want to remember even more.

Well, so we already talked about the idea that emotions can be a context, right? That emotions can bias the things that we remember and the way that we remember them. But emotions are also associated with these motivational circuits in our brain, right? So dopamine is a good example. Dopamine helps us.

Well, so we already talked about the idea that emotions can be a context, right? That emotions can bias the things that we remember and the way that we remember them. But emotions are also associated with these motivational circuits in our brain, right? So dopamine is a good example. Dopamine helps us.

Well, so we already talked about the idea that emotions can be a context, right? That emotions can bias the things that we remember and the way that we remember them. But emotions are also associated with these motivational circuits in our brain, right? So dopamine is a good example. Dopamine helps us.

It's not rewarding per se, but it helps us learn about rewards, learn where they are and how to get them, right? So where that comes into play is when we're in a new place, you will tend to have more dopamine activity.

It's not rewarding per se, but it helps us learn about rewards, learn where they are and how to get them, right? So where that comes into play is when we're in a new place, you will tend to have more dopamine activity.

It's not rewarding per se, but it helps us learn about rewards, learn where they are and how to get them, right? So where that comes into play is when we're in a new place, you will tend to have more dopamine activity.

When you're encountering something that is surprising, you know, somebody comes in out of the blue that you haven't met before, well, that will be associated with more dopamine release. When you're curious, when you're in a state of curiosity, when it's like, You go, hey, I thought I read this in his book, but he's telling me something completely different. Now you go back to the book.

When you're encountering something that is surprising, you know, somebody comes in out of the blue that you haven't met before, well, that will be associated with more dopamine release. When you're curious, when you're in a state of curiosity, when it's like, You go, hey, I thought I read this in his book, but he's telling me something completely different. Now you go back to the book.

When you're encountering something that is surprising, you know, somebody comes in out of the blue that you haven't met before, well, that will be associated with more dopamine release. When you're curious, when you're in a state of curiosity, when it's like, You go, hey, I thought I read this in his book, but he's telling me something completely different. Now you go back to the book.

We've shown that you get activity throughout the dopaminergic circuits of the brain, right? And those moments tend to be memorable in part because they're producing plasticity. But there is a kind of a catch to this, which is that emotions will often, you know, so these emotionally intense moments, where you get these chemicals released in your brain.

We've shown that you get activity throughout the dopaminergic circuits of the brain, right? And those moments tend to be memorable in part because they're producing plasticity. But there is a kind of a catch to this, which is that emotions will often, you know, so these emotionally intense moments, where you get these chemicals released in your brain.

We've shown that you get activity throughout the dopaminergic circuits of the brain, right? And those moments tend to be memorable in part because they're producing plasticity. But there is a kind of a catch to this, which is that emotions will often, you know, so these emotionally intense moments, where you get these chemicals released in your brain.

They don't turn up the volume in memory or the brightness in memory so much as they turn up the contrast. So they help you remember certain things more than others. And they give us a sense of vividness, but not necessarily that context. So in other words, when we're emotionally, having an emotionally intense experience, we will remember that experience better.

They don't turn up the volume in memory or the brightness in memory so much as they turn up the contrast. So they help you remember certain things more than others. And they give us a sense of vividness, but not necessarily that context. So in other words, when we're emotionally, having an emotionally intense experience, we will remember that experience better.

They don't turn up the volume in memory or the brightness in memory so much as they turn up the contrast. So they help you remember certain things more than others. And they give us a sense of vividness, but not necessarily that context. So in other words, when we're emotionally, having an emotionally intense experience, we will remember that experience better.

But we won't remember all of the aspects of that experience better. Right. So you have a traumatic experience. You'll remember the things that were especially traumatic about it, as opposed to the color of the carpet or, you know, the rabbit that was in the background when this happened.