Monday, March 22, 2010

Thanks for the Memories









Memories are slippery things – some are crystal clear, others more like a muddy pool, and some… well, they seem to vanish completely.

Scientists admit that memory is all very complicated, but one piece of the puzzle lies in how we age – we’ll hear the latest research.

Meanwhile, meet the man who digitally logged his every waking moment – and why maybe the secret to happiness isn’t in remembering but in forgetting.

Plus, the case for deleting data from your hard-drive… and from your brain itself.

Listen to individual segments here:
Part 1 - The Memory Test
Part 2 - Adam Gazzaley
Part 3 - Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell
Part 4 - James McGaugh
Part 5 - Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Part 6 - Todd Sacktor

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