Memory Explained: Why We Forget & How to Make It Sharper | Nikolay Kukushkin | FO571 Raj Shamani
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(00:00) - Intro
(03:58) - Who Is Nikolay Kukushkin?
(06:26) - How Your Brain Changes Every Time You Learn
(14:28) - Can You Train Your Brain to Remember the Right Things?
(23:27) - The Memory Palace & Why We Forget
(33:25) - Why Trying to Forget Something Can Make It Worse
(39:45) - How Much of Your Personality Can You Actually Change?
(46:27) - Why Sleep Matters for Memory & Learning
(52:35) - Why You Remember Some Things for Longer Than Others
(1:01:21) - Why Your Brain Wants to Be Right Even When You're Wrong
(1:18:02) - Why Your Brain Is Never Satisfied
(1:22:07) - How Smells & Songs Trigger Powerful Memories
(1:30:42) - Why You Can't Remember Being a Baby
(1:44:27) - Why You'll Never Feel Completely Satisfied With Life
(1:59:37) - Anxiety, Jealousy & Other Flaws That Come From Evolution
(2:03:34) - What Is Memory, Really?
(2:08:22) - What Actually Changes the Human Brain?
(2:13:13) - Can You Rewire Your Brain by Doing Unexpected Things?
(2:27:01) - The One Piece of Advice Nobody Should Follow
(2:29:19) - The Personal Cost of Becoming a Memory Scientist
(2:30:25) - Outro
In today's episode, we sit down with Nikolay Kukushkin — Neuroscientist, Author & Teacher — a memory scientist who calls himself a "molecular philosopher" and studies how molecules and cells create memory, motivation and consciousness.
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