Our memories are not facts found on cards in a neural rolodex. They are recreations of reality. And, almost always, they are incredibly accurate and vivid. Yet our memories are vulnerable. They can be distorted, they can be manipulated, and in several disease states, they can be irrevocably lost. This talk explores how the brain manages the remarkable feat of acquiring information about the world, storing that information in a wide range of neural networks, and allowing the effortless retrieval of those memories when called to mind. 

Speaker
Thomas J. Carew, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Arts and Science and Julius Silver Professor, Center for Neural Science, NYU

Making Memories in The Brain

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