Memory works like a copilot, not the driver. Your remembering self makes choices based on the past while your experiencing self lives in the moment. Cramming and all-nighters harm memory and degrade how your brain performs.
Memory is a resource.
It's the perfect copilot, but you don't want it in the driver's seat. Our memories make us who we are, but how does the brain actually record and retrieve the past?
The remembering self is different from that experiencing self. Our remembering self makes the choices, and we can make the choices that will give us the best memories. Memory can also give us options.
And find out why all-nighters are the worst things that students can do for their brains.
Cramming and doing an all-nighter All-nighter has so many bad effects.
So our guest today is Charan Ranganath. He is a professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years, he has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events.
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