Charan Ranganath

I mean, I will pour people the details of thalamocortical interactions, but the basic gist of it is that when you're in a completely new place, your brain has no predictions it can make, right? Or it's making very weak predictions based on similar places you've been.

I mean, I will pour people the details of thalamocortical interactions, but the basic gist of it is that when you're in a completely new place, your brain has no predictions it can make, right? Or it's making very weak predictions based on similar places you've been.

But let's say you take the example of you're going down the mountain and you're skiing and you've been down this mountain a hundred times. There are still potential prediction errors there that you can make that can drive learning in the sense that you can focus your attention on the minutiae. Because, I mean, the world is always changing. Our brains are always changing.

But let's say you take the example of you're going down the mountain and you're skiing and you've been down this mountain a hundred times. There are still potential prediction errors there that you can make that can drive learning in the sense that you can focus your attention on the minutiae. Because, I mean, the world is always changing. Our brains are always changing.

But let's say you take the example of you're going down the mountain and you're skiing and you've been down this mountain a hundred times. There are still potential prediction errors there that you can make that can drive learning in the sense that you can focus your attention on the minutiae. Because, I mean, the world is always changing. Our brains are always changing.

I mean, everything changes. But often we just don't notice it. And if you take meditative practices like mindfulness... a big part of these practices is attuning yourself to what's new. And that creates these prediction errors in your brain. It stimulates curiosity and will give you better memories. It creates more distinctive memories. So I guarantee you that almost anything you do

I mean, everything changes. But often we just don't notice it. And if you take meditative practices like mindfulness... a big part of these practices is attuning yourself to what's new. And that creates these prediction errors in your brain. It stimulates curiosity and will give you better memories. It creates more distinctive memories. So I guarantee you that almost anything you do

I mean, everything changes. But often we just don't notice it. And if you take meditative practices like mindfulness... a big part of these practices is attuning yourself to what's new. And that creates these prediction errors in your brain. It stimulates curiosity and will give you better memories. It creates more distinctive memories. So I guarantee you that almost anything you do

can be associated with some novelty, but you have to be curious and look for it and not assume, not get so caught up in your predictions about the world that you just assume that your predictions are right.

can be associated with some novelty, but you have to be curious and look for it and not assume, not get so caught up in your predictions about the world that you just assume that your predictions are right.

can be associated with some novelty, but you have to be curious and look for it and not assume, not get so caught up in your predictions about the world that you just assume that your predictions are right.

Yeah, there is a relationship. People argue about the relationship. But one thing that we've noticed is that shifts in our context affect our memories. And that, especially if you look on a long enough time scale, dramatically affects our ability to tell the passage of time. So during the pandemic, people would sit around their computers all day, like all the students who were in my classes.

Yeah, there is a relationship. People argue about the relationship. But one thing that we've noticed is that shifts in our context affect our memories. And that, especially if you look on a long enough time scale, dramatically affects our ability to tell the passage of time. So during the pandemic, people would sit around their computers all day, like all the students who were in my classes.

Yeah, there is a relationship. People argue about the relationship. But one thing that we've noticed is that shifts in our context affect our memories. And that, especially if you look on a long enough time scale, dramatically affects our ability to tell the passage of time. So during the pandemic, people would sit around their computers all day, like all the students who were in my classes.

And what I would ask them, one time I just had the idea to just ask them in class just to keep their attention is, do you feel like the days are going faster or slower since the lockdowns happened than before? And so I'll ask you, maybe if you were in a place that was locked down, did the days go by faster or slower for you?

And what I would ask them, one time I just had the idea to just ask them in class just to keep their attention is, do you feel like the days are going faster or slower since the lockdowns happened than before? And so I'll ask you, maybe if you were in a place that was locked down, did the days go by faster or slower for you?

And what I would ask them, one time I just had the idea to just ask them in class just to keep their attention is, do you feel like the days are going faster or slower since the lockdowns happened than before? And so I'll ask you, maybe if you were in a place that was locked down, did the days go by faster or slower for you?

So basically, if I said just the last 24 hours, did they go by faster or slower? Overwhelming majority of people said that they went by slower. I think only two out of 120 people said it was going by faster. Most people said their days were going by slower. But then, speaking to your point, I said, okay, how about the weeks? You get to the end of the week, are they going by faster or slower?

So basically, if I said just the last 24 hours, did they go by faster or slower? Overwhelming majority of people said that they went by slower. I think only two out of 120 people said it was going by faster. Most people said their days were going by slower. But then, speaking to your point, I said, okay, how about the weeks? You get to the end of the week, are they going by faster or slower?

So basically, if I said just the last 24 hours, did they go by faster or slower? Overwhelming majority of people said that they went by slower. I think only two out of 120 people said it was going by faster. Most people said their days were going by slower. But then, speaking to your point, I said, okay, how about the weeks? You get to the end of the week, are they going by faster or slower?