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Why our Brain Makes up Memories | Elaine Huang | TEDxSouth Delaware Street Youth
TEDx Talksยท 2025-09-02 16:24
Try to remember as many as you can. Okay. Now, take around 10 to 15 seconds to recall as many of the words that you just remember.You can do it mentally or you can say it loud, but that's not the point. All right. Um, chances are if you followed what I was trying to make you do, some of you may have remembered the word doctor as one of your words.But here's the thing. Doctor was never on that list. And yet, if this actually worked on you, it shows that your memory is not as reliable as you may think.Your br ...