Elizabeth Loftus - How Does Memory Work?

Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq We all wish for better memories. But how are memories stored? For all our neuroscience, we still do not know even the level in the brain where memories are stored—from inside neurons to long brain circuits. We do know that the synapses between neurons in the brain are critical, but how those chemical changes mean a specific memory remains a mystery. Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on how memory works: https://bit.ly/38DbHaM Elizabeth F. Loftus is an American cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the malleability of human memory and is best known for her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.