The Guardian
Why your memories can't be trusted
Memory does not work like a video tape – it is not stored like a file just waiting to be retrieved. Instead, memories are formed in networks across the brain and every time they are recalled they can be subtly changed. So if these...
The Guardian
Artist Doris Salcedo on Bogotá: 'The forces at work here are brutal'
‘Art cannot explain things but it can expose them – that’s why art here is so important and necessary,’ says Doris Salcedo as she takes us on a tour of Bogotá and her studio. The Colombian sculptor’s works are poetic memorials to the...
Curated Video
What Happens To Your Mind if You Don't Sleep
What happens to your mind if you don't sleep? Not enough sleep affects your memory. One of the things that can happen if you don’t sleep it changes your thinking abilities and impairs your memory. The first way sleep deprivation impairs...
Curated Video
Treating Trauma: Expert Insights on Top 3 Therapies
Treating Trauma: Expert Insights on Top 3 Therapies
Curated Video
Affirmation Meditation for Joy - Savor Each Moment
This is an affirmation meditation, to savor each moment of each day. This affirming meditation is designed to give your the script for positive self-talk. It is also a self-reflection meditation, as there are questions at the end for...
Brian McLogan
If I Were a Freshman Again
If I were a freshman again. What would I do differently? What advice would I have for myself? In this video I explain what I wish I new when I was 18
ShortCutsTv
Sleep and Learning
Recent scientific research has shown us the benefits of sleep. And we're increasingly aware that good sleep is crucial to memory and learning. Of course, just getting lots of sleep isn't going to get you good grades. You need to...
Curated Video
Unlocking the Mind: A Journey Through the Wonders of Memory
As you read this text, your eyes transmit signals to your working memory, briefly storing each word to ensure you comprehend the sentence without confusion. The reason you understand what you read lies in your long-term memory — or so at...
Curated Video
Measuring Memories
UC Irvine memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus describes a collaboration she was involved in on neuroimaging studies that demonstrated the strong similarity between neural activity when recounting true and false memories.
Curated Video
Can AI Change Your Memories? | Neurofeedback Therapy, Explained
Neurofeedback therapy could replace exposure therapy for people with trauma-related psychiatric conditions. But will it work?
Curated Video
Memory and Space
Jennifer Groh describes how neuroscientists have learned both that the hippocampus is vital for memory and that our precise location directly affects how well we remember, leading her to speculate on a link between space and the faculty...
Curated Video
Manipulating Mice Memories
Neuroscientist Alcino Silva (UCLA) describes his fascinating research in manipulating certain memories in laboratory mice.
Curated Video
Memory Pinball
UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker describes how current research on the function of sleep supports the age-old notion that it is a good idea to sleep on a problem.
Curated Video
Memory Science and Education
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) discusses some current research ideas related to memory and brain imaging, and stresses the importance of educating people on the malleability of memory from a young age.
Curated Video
Abusing Abuse
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) speculates on the sudden boom in so-called "repressed memory therapy" that led to a spate of accusations of past abuses.
Curated Video
Lost in a Mall
UC Irvine psychologist Elizabeth Loftus describes how her experience in the trial of George Franklin, who was accused of a crime based upon the outcome of so-called “repressed memory therapy” led her to her own research on implanting...
Curated Video
Repressed Memory Aftermath
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) reveals the social fallout resulting from so-called "repressed memory therapy."
Curated Video
Planting False Memories
Psychologist and memory scientist Elizabeth Loftus (UC Irvine) describes how she developed the idea of deliberately planting false memories in subjects.
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of Dreams, Memories and Time
Beyond our physical selves, we’re made up of other, more mysterious things - like memories and dreams. As time passes, we inevitably change, which is a source of stress for many. Woolf explores these complex ideas in Mrs Dalloway by...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Theme of Marriage and Relationships
What makes a marriage last? And what must we give up to grow up? In Mrs Dalloway, Woolf explores the personal and social dimensions of marriage in the 1920s. The question is: have things changed much in the 21st century? Join us for a...
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Overall Plot Summary
This lesson will give you an overall plot summary of Mrs Dalloway. Watch as Clarissa obsessively and meticulously plans a beautiful party for all her glittering, upper class guests. But she has a nagging sense that this might all be...
Curated Video
Boltzmann Brain Paradox Explained in Simple Words
A Boltzmann brain is not real, but what’s fascinating about it is that it thinks it’s real, and all the memories and experiences it has are real. But, of course, this brain is not real. But how would such a brain know that its memories...
Curated Video
How Does The Brain Store and Retrieve Memories?
Memories are stored as microscopic changes at the connections between neurons in the brain. When a person wants to remember something, they have to retrieve the information from the part of the brain where it is stored. The retrieval...
Let's Tute
Understanding and Managing FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
This video explains what FOMO is, how it affects people, and offers tips on how to manage it. It discusses the history and research of FOMO, as well as the negative impact it can have on one's happiness and behavior. Viewers are...