Season 1 · Episode 16
Audio Edition: How ‘Event Scripts’ Structure Our Personal Memories
You’ve been told not to dwell on the past. But that’s exactly what the brain needs to do to make sense of the present.
July 31, 202524m 58s
Show Notes
By screening films in a brain scanner, neuroscientists discovered a rich library of neural scripts — from a trip through an airport to a marriage proposal — that form scaffolds for memories of our experiences.
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