Charan Ranganath

You know, I think that's a big part, but you do. Okay. So let's go back to your question because I do think curiosity is affected by I don't know the research on this, but I would be shocked if it isn't. And I do think that dopamine activity is disrupted in depression.

You know, I think that's a big part, but you do. Okay. So let's go back to your question because I do think curiosity is affected by I don't know the research on this, but I would be shocked if it isn't. And I do think that dopamine activity is disrupted in depression.

And your motivation to get anhedonia is one of the hallmark symptoms of depression, as is rumination, by the way, which is memory retrieval of preferential negative retrieval of negative events and cogitating over them.

And your motivation to get anhedonia is one of the hallmark symptoms of depression, as is rumination, by the way, which is memory retrieval of preferential negative retrieval of negative events and cogitating over them.

And your motivation to get anhedonia is one of the hallmark symptoms of depression, as is rumination, by the way, which is memory retrieval of preferential negative retrieval of negative events and cogitating over them.

I mean, as a memory researcher, I almost find myself ashamed when I talk about these things because, as you know, so many of the most important factors are ones that are related to just health. So for instance, you mentioned sleep. That's a big one. Actually, there's a beautiful study that speaks to this that was done, 29,000 subjects in China. And they followed them up for 10 years.

I mean, as a memory researcher, I almost find myself ashamed when I talk about these things because, as you know, so many of the most important factors are ones that are related to just health. So for instance, you mentioned sleep. That's a big one. Actually, there's a beautiful study that speaks to this that was done, 29,000 subjects in China. And they followed them up for 10 years.

I mean, as a memory researcher, I almost find myself ashamed when I talk about these things because, as you know, so many of the most important factors are ones that are related to just health. So for instance, you mentioned sleep. That's a big one. Actually, there's a beautiful study that speaks to this that was done, 29,000 subjects in China. And they followed them up for 10 years.

Now at the beginning of – so they divided people into three groups. They said, OK, here's – well, what they said is there's six lifestyle factors that we're going to investigate. One was I think engagement in cognitive activities. I think one was social engagement. One was physical exercise, not smoking, I think no alcohol.

Now at the beginning of – so they divided people into three groups. They said, OK, here's – well, what they said is there's six lifestyle factors that we're going to investigate. One was I think engagement in cognitive activities. I think one was social engagement. One was physical exercise, not smoking, I think no alcohol.

Now at the beginning of – so they divided people into three groups. They said, OK, here's – well, what they said is there's six lifestyle factors that we're going to investigate. One was I think engagement in cognitive activities. I think one was social engagement. One was physical exercise, not smoking, I think no alcohol.

But they identified these lifestyle factors that were basically just kind of good lifestyle factors. So they get people who have four to six of these lifestyle factors going versus zero to one of these lifestyle factors. We'll just take the extreme. When they start, they're all the same.

But they identified these lifestyle factors that were basically just kind of good lifestyle factors. So they get people who have four to six of these lifestyle factors going versus zero to one of these lifestyle factors. We'll just take the extreme. When they start, they're all the same.

But they identified these lifestyle factors that were basically just kind of good lifestyle factors. So they get people who have four to six of these lifestyle factors going versus zero to one of these lifestyle factors. We'll just take the extreme. When they start, they're all the same.

10 years later, the people with four to six lifestyle factors going for them are performing almost twice as high on memory tests as the people with zero to one lifestyle factor.

10 years later, the people with four to six lifestyle factors going for them are performing almost twice as high on memory tests as the people with zero to one lifestyle factor.

10 years later, the people with four to six lifestyle factors going for them are performing almost twice as high on memory tests as the people with zero to one lifestyle factor.

Yeah, yeah, definitely not smoking. And smoking and alcohol, I think, were big ones.

Yeah, yeah, definitely not smoking. And smoking and alcohol, I think, were big ones.

Yeah, yeah, definitely not smoking. And smoking and alcohol, I think, were big ones.