Charan Ranganath

um i think even if you think about the big decisions in life right it's like you and i were talking before we started recording about how i got into memory research and you got into uh ai and it's like we all have these personal reasons that guide us in these particular directions and some of it's the environment and random factors in life and some of it is memories of things that we want to

um i think even if you think about the big decisions in life right it's like you and i were talking before we started recording about how i got into memory research and you got into uh ai and it's like we all have these personal reasons that guide us in these particular directions and some of it's the environment and random factors in life and some of it is memories of things that we want to

um i think even if you think about the big decisions in life right it's like you and i were talking before we started recording about how i got into memory research and you got into uh ai and it's like we all have these personal reasons that guide us in these particular directions and some of it's the environment and random factors in life and some of it is memories of things that we want to

overcome or things that we build on in a positive way. But either way, they define us.

overcome or things that we build on in a positive way. But either way, they define us.

overcome or things that we build on in a positive way. But either way, they define us.

I mean, I do feel like adolescence is much more important than I think people give credit for. I think that there is this kind of a sense like the first three years of life is the most important part. But The teenage years are just so important for the brain, you know, and so that's where a lot of mental illness starts to emerge.

I mean, I do feel like adolescence is much more important than I think people give credit for. I think that there is this kind of a sense like the first three years of life is the most important part. But The teenage years are just so important for the brain, you know, and so that's where a lot of mental illness starts to emerge.

I mean, I do feel like adolescence is much more important than I think people give credit for. I think that there is this kind of a sense like the first three years of life is the most important part. But The teenage years are just so important for the brain, you know, and so that's where a lot of mental illness starts to emerge.

You know, now we're thinking of things like schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder because it just emerges during that period of adolescence and early adulthood. So, and I think the other part of it is, is that, you know, as I guess I was a little bit too firm in saying that memory determines who we are. It's really the self is an evolving construct. I think we kind of underestimate that.

You know, now we're thinking of things like schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder because it just emerges during that period of adolescence and early adulthood. So, and I think the other part of it is, is that, you know, as I guess I was a little bit too firm in saying that memory determines who we are. It's really the self is an evolving construct. I think we kind of underestimate that.

You know, now we're thinking of things like schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder because it just emerges during that period of adolescence and early adulthood. So, and I think the other part of it is, is that, you know, as I guess I was a little bit too firm in saying that memory determines who we are. It's really the self is an evolving construct. I think we kind of underestimate that.

And when you're a parent, you feel like every decision you make is consequential in forming this child and plays a role, right? But so do the child's peers. And so do, you know, there's so much. I mean, that's why I think the big part of education I think that's so important is not the content you learn. I mean, think of how much dumb stuff we learned in school, right?

And when you're a parent, you feel like every decision you make is consequential in forming this child and plays a role, right? But so do the child's peers. And so do, you know, there's so much. I mean, that's why I think the big part of education I think that's so important is not the content you learn. I mean, think of how much dumb stuff we learned in school, right?

And when you're a parent, you feel like every decision you make is consequential in forming this child and plays a role, right? But so do the child's peers. And so do, you know, there's so much. I mean, that's why I think the big part of education I think that's so important is not the content you learn. I mean, think of how much dumb stuff we learned in school, right?

But a lot of it is learning how to get along with people and learning who you are and how you function. And, you know, that can be terribly traumatizing even if you have a perfect, you know, parents working on you.

But a lot of it is learning how to get along with people and learning who you are and how you function. And, you know, that can be terribly traumatizing even if you have a perfect, you know, parents working on you.

But a lot of it is learning how to get along with people and learning who you are and how you function. And, you know, that can be terribly traumatizing even if you have a perfect, you know, parents working on you.

Yeah, yeah. In fact, actually, I was just talking to my really good friend and colleague, Simona Getty, who studies the neuroscience of child development. And so we were talking about this. And so there are a bunch of reasons, I would say. So one reason is there's an area of the brain called the hippocampus, which is very, very important for remembering events or episodic memory.

Yeah, yeah. In fact, actually, I was just talking to my really good friend and colleague, Simona Getty, who studies the neuroscience of child development. And so we were talking about this. And so there are a bunch of reasons, I would say. So one reason is there's an area of the brain called the hippocampus, which is very, very important for remembering events or episodic memory.