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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

''Radically new and engaging.'' MATTHEW WALKER

''Not only will every reader remember better afterward, they''ll also never forget this life-changing book.'' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE

''Ranganath turns much of what we think we know about memory on its head.'' DANIEL J. LEVITIN

''Just fabulous . . . You learn that you don''t have to be a victim to your past and the way you used to think you have agency because of the fact that the brain can change.'' DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE



We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here''s a surprising twist: we aren''t supposed to remember everything. In fact, we''re designed to forget.

Over the course of twenty-five years, Charan Ranganath has studied the seemingly selective and unreliable nature of human memory to find that our brains haven't evolved to keep a comprehensive record of events, but to extract

Why We Remember

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER''Radically new and engaging.'' MATTHEW WALKER''Not only will every reader remember better afterward, they''ll also... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 1/14/2024
    ISBN13: 9780571374144, 978-0571374144
    ISBN10: 057137414X

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    ''Radically new and engaging.'' MATTHEW WALKER

    ''Not only will every reader remember better afterward, they''ll also never forget this life-changing book.'' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE

    ''Ranganath turns much of what we think we know about memory on its head.'' DANIEL J. LEVITIN

    ''Just fabulous . . . You learn that you don''t have to be a victim to your past and the way you used to think you have agency because of the fact that the brain can change.'' DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE



    We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here''s a surprising twist: we aren''t supposed to remember everything. In fact, we''re designed to forget.

    Over the course of twenty-five years, Charan Ranganath has studied the seemingly selective and unreliable nature of human memory to find that our brains haven't evolved to keep a comprehensive record of events, but to extract

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