Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting is a normal part of aging. His new book is Why We Remember.
Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting is a normal part of aging. His new book isCognitive neuroscientist Charan Ranganath says the human brain isn't programmed to remember everything. Rather, it's designed to"carry what we need and to deploy it rapidly when we need it."Cognitive neuroscientist Charan Ranganath says the human brain isn't programmed to remember everything.
"We're not designed to carry tons and tons of junk with us. I don't know that anyone would want to remember every temporary password that they've ever had," he says."I think what designed for is to carry what we need and to deploy it rapidly when we need it."Recent gaffes by Biden and Trump may be signs of normal aging — or may be nothing
"I'm just not in the position to say anything about the specifics of memory problems," he says."This is really more of an issue of people understanding what happens with aging. And, one of the nice things about writing this editorial is I got a lot of feedback from people who felt personally relieved by this because they're worried about their own memories.
Sam Briger and Thea Chaloner produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Carmel Wroth adapted it for the web.
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