Charan Ranganath

Because if you go back to the earliest research on memory by Ebbinghaus, he tested himself. And he actually created these weird words called trigrams that weren't really words. He tried to memorize them. And what he found was within 20 minutes, he had forgotten about half of what he memorized.

Because if you go back to the earliest research on memory by Ebbinghaus, he tested himself. And he actually created these weird words called trigrams that weren't really words. He tried to memorize them. And what he found was within 20 minutes, he had forgotten about half of what he memorized.

Because if you go back to the earliest research on memory by Ebbinghaus, he tested himself. And he actually created these weird words called trigrams that weren't really words. He tried to memorize them. And what he found was within 20 minutes, he had forgotten about half of what he memorized.

within, and I don't mean just forgotten like he couldn't bring it to mind, it took him as long to re-memorize them as it was if he had never done it, right? So sometimes we have partial memory where we can't recall it, but we get some savings and it's easier for us to learn. He didn't even have that for a lot of the stuff.

within, and I don't mean just forgotten like he couldn't bring it to mind, it took him as long to re-memorize them as it was if he had never done it, right? So sometimes we have partial memory where we can't recall it, but we get some savings and it's easier for us to learn. He didn't even have that for a lot of the stuff.

within, and I don't mean just forgotten like he couldn't bring it to mind, it took him as long to re-memorize them as it was if he had never done it, right? So sometimes we have partial memory where we can't recall it, but we get some savings and it's easier for us to learn. He didn't even have that for a lot of the stuff.

So then he waited 24 hours and he had lost two-thirds of what he had memorized, right? So translate this into the real world. There are some things that are caveats that we do better in the real world, I would say, at the big things, the gist of what we encounter. But the details, we lose most of them. Most of the details of your life will be gone.

So then he waited 24 hours and he had lost two-thirds of what he had memorized, right? So translate this into the real world. There are some things that are caveats that we do better in the real world, I would say, at the big things, the gist of what we encounter. But the details, we lose most of them. Most of the details of your life will be gone.

So then he waited 24 hours and he had lost two-thirds of what he had memorized, right? So translate this into the real world. There are some things that are caveats that we do better in the real world, I would say, at the big things, the gist of what we encounter. But the details, we lose most of them. Most of the details of your life will be gone.

And this is true for even – I would argue this is even true for people with highly superior autobiographical memory. I don't know for sure, but I can tell you more about that. This is true for everyone who's been studied as far as I know. And so – If that's the case, the question is not like, why am I so forgetful? It's why do we remember the first one? It's why they titled it for the book.

And this is true for even – I would argue this is even true for people with highly superior autobiographical memory. I don't know for sure, but I can tell you more about that. This is true for everyone who's been studied as far as I know. And so – If that's the case, the question is not like, why am I so forgetful? It's why do we remember the first one? It's why they titled it for the book.

And this is true for even – I would argue this is even true for people with highly superior autobiographical memory. I don't know for sure, but I can tell you more about that. This is true for everyone who's been studied as far as I know. And so – If that's the case, the question is not like, why am I so forgetful? It's why do we remember the first one? It's why they titled it for the book.

And the question is, what do you want to remember? What are the memories that you want to take with you? Whether it's memorizing things for a class, like in study skills, or whether it's your kid's birthday party, which I talked about in chapter one. Um, these are, it's about intention is what I say.

And the question is, what do you want to remember? What are the memories that you want to take with you? Whether it's memorizing things for a class, like in study skills, or whether it's your kid's birthday party, which I talked about in chapter one. Um, these are, it's about intention is what I say.

And the question is, what do you want to remember? What are the memories that you want to take with you? Whether it's memorizing things for a class, like in study skills, or whether it's your kid's birthday party, which I talked about in chapter one. Um, these are, it's about intention is what I say.

It's the difference between attention, which can be grabbed by anything versus intention, which is saying, this is what I want to take with me. Right.

It's the difference between attention, which can be grabbed by anything versus intention, which is saying, this is what I want to take with me. Right.

It's the difference between attention, which can be grabbed by anything versus intention, which is saying, this is what I want to take with me. Right.

Yes, it is directing your attention based on some reason that's an internal goal, right? And that's where the prefrontal cortex really comes in. So it's very easy in some ways to pay attention to me if I'm like gesticulating and I'm talking very loudly because it's grabbing your attention constantly. I mean, let's face it, I know lots of people in my life who hate this because I'm so loud and

Yes, it is directing your attention based on some reason that's an internal goal, right? And that's where the prefrontal cortex really comes in. So it's very easy in some ways to pay attention to me if I'm like gesticulating and I'm talking very loudly because it's grabbing your attention constantly. I mean, let's face it, I know lots of people in my life who hate this because I'm so loud and