Memory

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of memory.

Video playlists about Memory

The complexity of memory

7 talks • 1h 52m
The mind is a diligent recorder, taking note of all that happens and storing data on it for retrieval later, right? Well actually, no. Enjoy these 7 illuminating talks on the science—and oddities—of our memory.

Talks about Memory

4:07

Greg Gage

How sound can hack your memory while you sleep

Posted Jun 2018
13:02

Wendy Suzuki

The brain-changing benefits of exercise

Posted Feb 2018
6:37

Dan Gartenberg

The brain benefits of deep sleep — and how to get more of it

Posted Dec 2017
12:20

Daniel Levitin

How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

Posted Oct 2015
11:04

Sandrine Thuret

You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

Posted Oct 2015
13:35

Tony Wyss-Coray

How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really

Posted Aug 2015
21:50

Donald Hoffman

Do we see reality as it is?

Posted Jun 2015
11:41

Jeff Iliff

One more reason to get a good night's sleep

Posted Oct 2014
10:26

Mary Lou Jepsen

Could future devices read images from our brains?

Posted Mar 2014
9:29

Peter Doolittle

How your "working memory" makes sense of the world

Posted Nov 2013
17:36

Elizabeth Loftus

How reliable is your memory?

Posted Sep 2013
15:25

Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu

A mouse. A laser beam. A manipulated memory.

Posted Aug 2013
21:46

Russell Foster

Why do we sleep?

Posted Aug 2013
8:02

Cesar Kuriyama

One second every day

Posted Feb 2013
15:25

Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole

Science is for everyone, kids included

Posted Oct 2012
20:50

Scott Fraser

Why eyewitnesses get it wrong

Posted Sep 2012
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