"Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters."
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Book of the week
| We are in a golden age of research on the brain.
With advanced tools and ever more sensitive instruments, scientists are learning the nuances of how the brain’s neurons make billions of connections.
Understanding those “coalitions” of neurons is essential to comprehending the complexity of memory, University of California Davis neuroscientist Charan Ranganath writes in his new book, "Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters."
Ranganath writes: “Memory is more than just who we were, it’s who we are and what we have the potential to become, as individuals and as a society.”
He explains how our neurons create a sense of familiarity and how imagination can intervene to convince us we’re remembering something.
Listen for my interview with him on Big Books, Bold Ideas in mid-March.
Last week's mystery character: Anna Karenina
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Louisiana author Jumata Emill is a journalist whose work covering crime led him to writing YA thrillers. His debut novel, “The Black Queen,” came out in paperback in January, and his second book, “Wander in the Dark,” was released this week. | |
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