Here’s another excellent TEDtalk, this time with Elizabeth Loftus discussing her work on suggestibility and misattribution and how important it is for us to understand that memory is malleable.
Joshua Foer on Learning Mnemonic Techniques
In this TEDtalk Joshua Foer (author of Moonwalking with Einstein – highly recommended!) discusses how he learned about mnemonic techniques and trained to win the U.S.A. Memory Championship in 2006.
Clive Wearing’s Memory Loss
This video shows the tragic case of Clive Wearing, who suffers from both anterograde amnesia (unable to form new memories) and severe retrograde amnesia (unable to recall past memories) and only recognizes his wife, Deborah. You can also find a touching story … Read More
Schacter’s Seven Sins of Memory
Here’s a great lecture by Daniel Schacter updating research on the “seven sins of memory”.
Brenda Milner reflects on H.M.
Article from the New York Times interviewing Brenda Milner on her classic work with amnesic patient H.M.