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EPISODE · Mar 14, 2015 · 17 MIN

Forgetting

from The Why Factor · host BBC World Service

We look inside the brain to find out why we lose our memories, and why there are some things we can not forget. We talk to a neuroscientist seeking to unlock the secrets to how we remember things. And, the woman who can’t forget an episode that occurred over 70 years ago.(Photo: Woman sits behind the driving wheel, forgetting something. Credit: Shutterstock)

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Mar 14, 2015

We look inside the brain to find out why we lose our memories, and why there are some things we can not forget. We talk to a neuroscientist seeking to unlock the secrets to how we remember things. And, the woman who can’t forget an episode that occurred over 70 years ago.(Photo: Woman sits behind the driving wheel, forgetting something. Credit: Shutterstock)

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