Memory is far more than a record of the past.
What\'s more, when we work with the brain\'s ability to learn and reinterpret past events, we can heal trauma, shed our biases, learn faster, and grow in self-awareness..
Knowing this can help us with daily remembering tasks, like finding our keys, and with the challenge of memory loss as we age.
Ranganath shows, is a highly transformative force that shapes how we experience the world in often invisible and sometimes destructive ways.
Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, he reveals the surprising ways our brains record the past and how we use that information to understand who we are in the present, and to imagine and plan for the future.
Memory, Dr.
In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering.
In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world\'s top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing.
A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research.
Memory is far more than a record of the past
