Charan Ranganath

The differences are that, you know, we do have this episodic memory system that allows us to ground our experiences in a place in a time. And the other thing is that our imagination typically is not as vivid as reality. So for most of us, when we imagine something, it's not going to be associated with as intense a smell and sight and so forth.

The differences are that, you know, we do have this episodic memory system that allows us to ground our experiences in a place in a time. And the other thing is that our imagination typically is not as vivid as reality. So for most of us, when we imagine something, it's not going to be associated with as intense a smell and sight and so forth.

The differences are that, you know, we do have this episodic memory system that allows us to ground our experiences in a place in a time. And the other thing is that our imagination typically is not as vivid as reality. So for most of us, when we imagine something, it's not going to be associated with as intense a smell and sight and so forth.

It's going to be more focused on the things that we thought about and the emotions we had. And so that's where we have this ability to tell the difference between imagination and memory.

It's going to be more focused on the things that we thought about and the emotions we had. And so that's where we have this ability to tell the difference between imagination and memory.

It's going to be more focused on the things that we thought about and the emotions we had. And so that's where we have this ability to tell the difference between imagination and memory.

Most of these problems that I write about in the book are my daily experiences.

Most of these problems that I write about in the book are my daily experiences.

Most of these problems that I write about in the book are my daily experiences.

Yeah, yeah. So basically, the kind of memory that we've been largely focused on is the kind of memory I study, which is episodic, that ability to travel to a particular time and place. But the brain has all sorts of capabilities for learning that are not episodic memory based. Right. So you can have somebody even who has a pretty significant memory disorder.

Yeah, yeah. So basically, the kind of memory that we've been largely focused on is the kind of memory I study, which is episodic, that ability to travel to a particular time and place. But the brain has all sorts of capabilities for learning that are not episodic memory based. Right. So you can have somebody even who has a pretty significant memory disorder.

Yeah, yeah. So basically, the kind of memory that we've been largely focused on is the kind of memory I study, which is episodic, that ability to travel to a particular time and place. But the brain has all sorts of capabilities for learning that are not episodic memory based. Right. So you can have somebody even who has a pretty significant memory disorder.

Say if you got into a car accident and you had some, you know, damaged your hippocampus and you had amnesia.

Say if you got into a car accident and you had some, you know, damaged your hippocampus and you had amnesia.

Say if you got into a car accident and you had some, you know, damaged your hippocampus and you had amnesia.

you could still potentially learn how to play the piano or learn how to become a better basketball player or learn all of these skills because there's learning that anytime you have a bunch of neurons connected to each other, talking to each other, there's that capability for plasticity and reforming those connections. And the brain's constantly doing that.

you could still potentially learn how to play the piano or learn how to become a better basketball player or learn all of these skills because there's learning that anytime you have a bunch of neurons connected to each other, talking to each other, there's that capability for plasticity and reforming those connections. And the brain's constantly doing that.

you could still potentially learn how to play the piano or learn how to become a better basketball player or learn all of these skills because there's learning that anytime you have a bunch of neurons connected to each other, talking to each other, there's that capability for plasticity and reforming those connections. And the brain's constantly doing that.

It's constantly changing its structure based on our experiences, right? So that principle of error-driven learning happens, we know, in the motor system, for instance.

It's constantly changing its structure based on our experiences, right? So that principle of error-driven learning happens, we know, in the motor system, for instance.