Monday, August 22, 2016

What did you have for dinner last night? Interview with Vishnu Sreekumar on memory formation in the real world!

Isn't is difficult to remember what you had for dinner two night ago, but so easy to remember your first kiss! Why is it difficult to remember few experiences while other stay etched in our memory forever. Of course, we have limited brain capacity, so few things are removed at the expense of others, but how do we evaluate that information; how much decision making goes into paying attention to important tasks for remembering them later onward.

Vishnu Sreekumar and his team work on memory formation in the real world. They utilize information gathering using contemporary technologies to come-up with models that can explain what we look for in experiences when memories are being formed. Their exciting work not only helps model our day-to-day working, but can also help people with better memory retention and improving attention span. To know more, please listen to Vishnu.


For further information please refer to the following publication:
The Episodic Nature of Experience: A Dynamical Systems Analysis.
Sreekumar et al., Cognitive Science, 23 July 2016.

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