In this episode, Felipe de Brigard, Assistant Professor at Duke University, discusses memory, false memories and consciousness.
"0:05" Introduction
"1:30" What is counterfactual thinking?
"10:09" Intrusive thoughts vs. counterfactual thinking.
"16:10" What defines a false memory?
"25:12" Cases of patients being unable to encode memories.
"31:04" Repressed memories.
"37:23" Reconsolidation of memories.
"45:27" What do we know about the brain areas involved in memory?
"52:16" What is the extent of correspondence between brain areas and our cognition?
"55:43" The link between neural functions and cognitive functions.
"1:03:28" The hard problem of consciousness.
Participants to the episode, from left to right: Jean-François Gariépy, Tym Blanchard, Felipe De Brigard and Diana Xie. Reaching us through Skype: David Barack, John Kubie and Leanne Boucher.
