Dr. Alan Castel

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I think part of our brain, like the amygdala that's involved in processing emotions, is very active and is maintained throughout age.

Other parts of the brain tend to decline.

So I think you're right that there can be an emotional attachment to a lot of our memories.

Some of them are bittersweet.

Some of them are things we go back to for comfort.

Sometimes we even change them a little bit so they fit the way we might have thought they happened.

I think that happens writ large.

Sure, and that's part of our emotional tuning, like what makes us feel good.

Some memories we don't want to revisit.

PTSD, there's a lot of research on how we can try and help people.

So I think memory can be tuned that way, and a lot of it can have an emotional valence.

And those are usually the memories that we cherish.

They're the ones that we...

might be afraid of.

I still remember, even though I'm not sure I remember it accurately, this Wizard of Oz.

And now when my daughter was in Wizard of Oz, I was like, oh, this is such a great play.

So I was thinking positively about it, even though at that time.

Of getting the line wrong.

What do you think happened there?

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