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Meryl Horne

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
669 total appearances

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Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Interference.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Basically like putting our keys down, it's something we do like thousands of times, countless times.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And so we have a ton of memories for putting down our keys.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

That kind of get in the way when we're trying to remember that specific place we just put them last.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

It's like a needle in a haystack.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And Charin says that like rather than trying to do that at all, maybe just like buy a hook for your keys.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

The bigger point is like, yeah, don't worry if you keep losing your keys.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

But he also talked about like this other thing that happens all the time.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

So imagine you're in your bedroom and you realize, oh, I need to get my glasses, which are in the kitchen.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

But then when you get to the kitchen, your mind goes blank.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

So this happens to Charon all the time.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

Yeah, it is.

Science Vs
Memory: How to Boost It

And the reason that it happens is super interesting.