How memories form and how we lose them - Catharine Young

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Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn’t as strong-but why not? Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories eventually fade? Catharine Young gives the basics on memory and memory loss.
Lesson by Catharine Young, animation by Patrick Smith.

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  • @steveroger4570
    @steveroger45703 жыл бұрын

    _"people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."_ - Maya Angelou

  • @hallekramer64

    @hallekramer64

    3 жыл бұрын

    yesss

  • @johannugroho8911

    @johannugroho8911

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Miftahul Jannat I think, they will remember you until you get prison sentence, because you made them feel mad. And they will forget you and don't care about your life in prison.

  • @ut2819

    @ut2819

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Miftahul Jannat Basically your picture will be hang on the bank the next time you visit it

  • @thegamergirl6164

    @thegamergirl6164

    2 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @John9da

    @John9da

    2 жыл бұрын

    "People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, But you will always remember your embarrassing past" -IDK

  • @DuizhangLu
    @DuizhangLu8 жыл бұрын

    Medical school: they expect you to remember everything. They also completely stress you out. Makes sense.

  • @TheMediocreDev

    @TheMediocreDev

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DuizhangLu Which is why I withdrew after the first semester.

  • @TheEgyGeek

    @TheEgyGeek

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DuizhangLu We'll make good money eventually.

  • @TheEgyGeek

    @TheEgyGeek

    8 жыл бұрын

    Faggotyliciouss Well people with extra chromosomes are retarded.. That's pretty much true and proven scientifically. And you sure sound like you have an extra one m8 ;^)

  • @TheEgyGeek

    @TheEgyGeek

    8 жыл бұрын

    Faggotyliciouss Haha. Dude why are you trying to fight me? Take it easy brah, btw that was a nice comeback!

  • @lauragarcia666

    @lauragarcia666

    6 жыл бұрын

    Duizhanglu. You argue like a child, you actually said thr words "we will get some more money" Then get all offensive when someone confronts you about it saying you did not emply you did not want the money; how are you even in med schol?

  • @kimriseul_02
    @kimriseul_024 жыл бұрын

    Ever since I had depression I noticed that I tend to forget things a lot and cannot memorize like I do before. Now I know why

  • @josepholaniyi315

    @josepholaniyi315

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very correct

  • @flashff9351

    @flashff9351

    2 жыл бұрын

    @D.K are you now ok

  • @Jackgritty28

    @Jackgritty28

    2 жыл бұрын

    A vivid memory, but why not, did it fade, storage areas in the brain,efficiency should not be lost, blame age for deterioration, interfere with your ability because of stress, brain cells lost by depression, serotonin means your less attentive than you used to be, use it or lose it🆗🆘🚩✅

  • @maggiemay9381

    @maggiemay9381

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been depressed years. The way I cope is mental puzzles, distracts the mind from going back to the past or being in the present.

  • @based_misogynist1424

    @based_misogynist1424

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maggiemay9381 what is mental puzzles?

  • @someperson4494
    @someperson44947 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why I can't remember good memories but I can remember a lot of bad memories

  • @kimmulakshmi

    @kimmulakshmi

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is a self born mechanism to protect yourself from falling prey or victim again to the same thing. It's inbuilt.

  • @rehenabegum5686

    @rehenabegum5686

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kimmulakshmi mannn that's kinda sad

  • @kimmulakshmi

    @kimmulakshmi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rehenabegum5686 It's sad, yes, but it's very helpful too. It's a double edged sword.

  • @pennilessdeity2198

    @pennilessdeity2198

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it's so you don't do it again

  • @sherazkhan2802

    @sherazkhan2802

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same goes for me .

  • @sabaca304
    @sabaca3048 жыл бұрын

    Eventually you will forget what you have eaten, so make it something healthy, because your body won't forget.

  • @hassanabdelfattah5522

    @hassanabdelfattah5522

    8 жыл бұрын

    well said

  • @LordDragox412

    @LordDragox412

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sabaca Yeah! Your body still remembers all that baby food you've eaten as a child. 'Cause, uhh... It's... in your... bones? Yeah! Bones sounds good! #Kappa

  • @mrdorn542

    @mrdorn542

    8 жыл бұрын

    +LordDragox412 But the atoms are different besides memory your not the same person you were back then

  • @Psykeeper993

    @Psykeeper993

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sabaca I forgot what you wrote.

  • @LordDragox412

    @LordDragox412

    8 жыл бұрын

    OXI Soldier Good point. I thought I made it too. I guess my point was too edgy, though. Pointy, I would say. Like an arrow. An arrow pointing at how pointless my comment is, but then you see it's not serious and you get hurt on the edge, 'caues it's a sharp disc. Except it's not a disc and it's Kung Lao's hat seen from the top. And then you realize your whole life is a lie 'cause the fission has been mailed 'cause Matrix. Yep. #Kappa

  • @snowwonder9814
    @snowwonder98147 жыл бұрын

    Long term stress kills our brain cells... so does lack of sleep. Well, it's official. High school is trying to kill me.

  • @ProbookbUser

    @ProbookbUser

    7 жыл бұрын

    *Drops out of Harvard*

  • @noisy99_

    @noisy99_

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love you

  • @nyahh8992

    @nyahh8992

    5 жыл бұрын

    SnowLeopard84 fangirl same!

  • @alezt14

    @alezt14

    5 жыл бұрын

    Damn right

  • @user-nh9jj2bx5v

    @user-nh9jj2bx5v

    5 жыл бұрын

    i've had alot of stress argued and fought all my life, drank, done drugs...i've recently memorized and rewrote down how to professional grow weed and i remember everything from being in nappies to wantng to break my toys at like 5 if i could hear a rattle because i wanted to know what it was.. and so on and on....i've done it all and i'm still vigorous haha love it

  • @kehroro
    @kehroro8 жыл бұрын

    Learning a new language is definitely a workout! all that new vocabulary *___*

  • @ivanchagasp

    @ivanchagasp

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Liam Thongvilu I was going to say that! :-) Currently, I'm learning my sixth language

  • @hajorm.a3474

    @hajorm.a3474

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ivan Chagas that's awesome, my 5th is on the way too :)

  • @gfetco

    @gfetco

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Liam Thongvilu What's the point in learning a new language? I don't communicate with anyone anyhow. Why should I want to learn a complete new language, just to chit-chat? Seems pretty foolish to me.

  • @ivanchagasp

    @ivanchagasp

    8 жыл бұрын

    Enlightenment That's very, very reductionist of you. I learn languages so I have access to more sources of knowledge. There is a large amount of articles, academic papers, blogs and courses in other languages. And that's just another side of it. English is 50% of internet, 20% of books, 40% of scholarly journals, 30% of movies. There are many more, like emerging in a new culture, being able to read content in their originals - and that's crucial, depending on your job - , etc. :-) So, I take into account that you don't want or don't see a purpose, but just because you don't, it doesn't mean that there isn't one.

  • @gfetco

    @gfetco

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ivan Chagas I speak three languages, I haven't found anything unique in terms of academic papers, if something is really important it's going to get translated anyhow into our "standard language"/English. Blogs and movies are meant for degenerates. English is the only language we really need, honestly. Cultures are shared by a group of narrow-minded people that all share the same opinions and mindset - which is often if not always correlated to religion (bleh). They talk in terms of "we" instead of "I", biggots. I agree about the work part, I like to generalize my opinions and the only proposition you've convinced me of is something as superficial as "work". Unless if it is something academically beneficiary such as studying different linguistic structures and so on... Most of you study it to befriend others and chit-chat. Not to mention, waste of time; claiming you know a language but have only grasped the most basic fundamentals - their level is synonymous with street slugs yet they claim to be fluent; what a joke.

  • @laojace
    @laojace8 жыл бұрын

    Pffft. Memories are OBVIOUSLY stored in glowing orbs and before long pushed into the abyss of our subconscious, vanishing into grey wispy trails of air.

  • @Brantley923

    @Brantley923

    8 жыл бұрын

    +anik558 She's making a reference. A good one at that!

  • @loafdanish9711

    @loafdanish9711

    8 жыл бұрын

    this reference...

  • @jerrykoh9692

    @jerrykoh9692

    8 жыл бұрын

    +anik558 Erm go watch the movie "Inside out"

  • @gamingdude2811

    @gamingdude2811

    8 жыл бұрын

    I freaking love that movie.

  • @bellamylawx9479

    @bellamylawx9479

    8 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @marta-dy4no
    @marta-dy4no8 жыл бұрын

    I've always wondered, when we forget something temporarily but then remember it as we think really hard, where do these temporarily lost memories "go"? Are all lost memories retrievable? I guess you have to register a memory properly in order to be able to recall it, but still?

  • @MrIlluminatiArmy

    @MrIlluminatiArmy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Could probably be other neurons that hasn't died out yet

  • @rubyrootless7324

    @rubyrootless7324

    6 жыл бұрын

    marta scientists still aren't too sure about that. They tested a lot on the 20000 neurons of a kind of crab and it probably has to do with the reactivation that is cause by a certain protein but it's really hard to tell if a memory is lost or just not activated and available to the concious thinking.

  • @imghostkitty7297

    @imghostkitty7297

    6 жыл бұрын

    marta v

  • @Natalia-hf3et

    @Natalia-hf3et

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rubyrootless7324 thank you, for this comment.

  • @avgmedia7107

    @avgmedia7107

    4 жыл бұрын

    Memory is stored in electricity right? I think the memory is lost in those static electricity shocks.

  • @santiagorestrepo9504
    @santiagorestrepo95047 жыл бұрын

    0:19 why do I remember dumb things but not something I studied 5 hours?

  • @thelogang9176

    @thelogang9176

    6 жыл бұрын

    pulga 79 because you forcing study and not by your will

  • @raymondv.m4230

    @raymondv.m4230

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure many of us can vividly recall the most useless information that we probably didn't even want to learn it but struggle to learn subjects we actually like. It tells me that there must be a simple an intuitive way the brain can learn connections and ideas without the need for constant studying. Perhaps the years of being exposed to the culture we live in has imprinted us with the ability to understand symbols and concepts on a deeper level without the need for repetition or attention, the question then being, if this is true, how do we use it? How do we consciously manipulate the very foundations of what we know to gain new information from unfamiliar or foreign sources? There have been people known to remember everything about anything. They could recall exacly when they had lunch 15 years ago today. The existence of these people tells us that we're not using our brains to their fullest potential.

  • @klab3929

    @klab3929

    5 жыл бұрын

    You deffently don't remmeber what she just said in the video because she said the answer several times...

  • @25_nishita45

    @25_nishita45

    5 жыл бұрын

    pulga 79 the opposite happens with me. I have forgotten mostly all fun memories of my high school but remember most of my lessons

  • @caramelistasty

    @caramelistasty

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can relate :") I feel the same

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire8 жыл бұрын

    Why do all my memories have a creepy evil grin?

  • @SlowWinterNuts

    @SlowWinterNuts

    8 жыл бұрын

    ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @kronk5866

    @kronk5866

    8 жыл бұрын

    because those are some memories you'd rather discard

  • @timlang3852

    @timlang3852

    7 жыл бұрын

    Austin Stoddard is

  • @easilyforgettableyoutubeco2149

    @easilyforgettableyoutubeco2149

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tim Lang. I have. a d. Gig was* Actually no its however*

  • @ffnendhgrgd

    @ffnendhgrgd

    6 жыл бұрын

    because your memories are psychic type. beware ground-type memories

  • @amazingsupergirl7125
    @amazingsupergirl71253 жыл бұрын

    This just shows how powerful our imaginations are. I read a LOT and sometimes I can’t remember if an experience was mine or from a book, especially if I read it a long time ago. I also sometimes have a hard time distinguishing between dreams/books/ movies/KZread/internet and real conversations. They’re all memories.

  • @Someone-km3mx

    @Someone-km3mx

    3 жыл бұрын

    SAME, sometimes I can't remember if what I wrote was actually original or based off something I read a long time ago, and I don't remember if I actually experienced some events or I imagined them. My dreams are also vivid and lifelike, and I usually can't tell it apart from real life.

  • @mustaphaaliadamu3180

    @mustaphaaliadamu3180

    Жыл бұрын

    This is considerably interesting.

  • @motheia

    @motheia

    Жыл бұрын

    .

  • @OfficialTHOEDMusic

    @OfficialTHOEDMusic

    Жыл бұрын

    Your slowly slipping into a schizophrenic psychosis my friend … seek professional help

  • @Hobo_Elf

    @Hobo_Elf

    11 ай бұрын

    Same here bro. Sometimes I just cant remember if my memory was real life or a dream

  • @boy638
    @boy6388 жыл бұрын

    how are we able to visualise virtually anything in our minds?

  • @hiimtummy

    @hiimtummy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +boy638 This is where we start to use our imagination

  • @captainobvious1415

    @captainobvious1415

    8 жыл бұрын

    +boy638 It comes with our ability to plan. We have the ability to think in words and think in concepts or ideas. For example, What if I told you: "You haven't had anybody in your house for 5 years, then one day you let a "repair man" into your house to fix your sink. The next day you get robbed." What's the first thing that comes to mind? The repair man robbed you right? Now think about how you came to that conclusion just now. Did you actually say in your mind, "The repair man must have robbed me because he was the only person there the day before." ? NO. You thought about the 'concept' of the repairman robbing you, not actual words. If we thought in sentences, we'd be slow as hell.

  • @richardyu8723

    @richardyu8723

    7 жыл бұрын

    try to visualize a new color

  • @N00B283

    @N00B283

    6 жыл бұрын

    I know this is old, but as you know everything you experience and see is just a controlled hallucination, if we had the ability to experience the universe for what it really is, everything would look radically different, hence why science is done by tools and not by our own observation, because it's misleading of the true reality. so when thinking about the fact that the brain is making sense by hallucinating, why shouldn't it also be able hallucinate pictures of things that don't exist in front of you?

  • @pinco_pallo

    @pinco_pallo

    6 жыл бұрын

    boy638 I think that basically we associate words, concepts and images that are in our memory to create a sort of visual memory. When we imagine what we've never seen we recombine our memories.

  • @etownshawn
    @etownshawn3 жыл бұрын

    For me, the more you re-live a memory the stronger it gets and easier to recall. Also- the more unusual something is- the more it will stand out in your mind over time.

  • @aishwaryabhattacharya3037
    @aishwaryabhattacharya30373 жыл бұрын

    You just explained my psychology’s whole chapter 3 in 5 minutes 😂♥️

  • @krishnakhandelwal8281

    @krishnakhandelwal8281

    Жыл бұрын

    you studying psychology? wow ! can u elaborate about your course please

  • @enerxiazelementa
    @enerxiazelementa3 жыл бұрын

    It gives me some insight about why I performed rather badly in my previous job under that sup. And that I hardly remembered things I've been told, hardly made sense of them, and even became disoriented when doing everyday activities at my own home.

  • @Kitsudoku
    @Kitsudoku2 жыл бұрын

    I've had depression and chronic stress since I was about 12 and I literally only have a handful of memories. I hate it. Everyone else around me can remember so much about themselves, and my family is always bringing up memories that we experienced together and I'm so embarrassed and ashamed that I don't remember anything. Constantly having to ask "Oh yeah, what happened?" I'm only 22 years old. I've considered talking with a doctor about it, but aside from what the video recommended, I don't know where to start. It's a really scary thing to be dealing with because I have to avidly try to remember things. I've been trying to journal, but sometimes I just don't have the time. No one really understands what I mean when I say I'm really bad at remembering. "Yeah, me too" No, you're not. You just got done explaining your entire childhood to me and memories we've had together that I don't even remember. I've only told 2 people about it and neither of them ACTUALLY understood what I meant. Anyway, it was just nice to vent. Life sucks.

  • @sreeparnaray2928

    @sreeparnaray2928

    Ай бұрын

    I discovered your comment 2 years later but this exactly resonated with me, except that I don't remember when my depression started (feels like since birth, but may not be) and why, but it was a very long duration. And I got out of it around 5 years back, and I've been highly optimistic and enthusiastic about everything around me since then. But the only problem bogging me is that I don't remember anything long back or recent events. Even what I studied in my past semester. I get top grades or highest scores often and I was surprised to learn that the way I naturally memorize academic stuff, by pretending to teach others or myself and enjoying the information, is actually the best method as described by many youtubers. But I can't recall now the stuff I learnt before. That gets my profs mad because they feel I don't love my academic subjects. It seems impossible for them to forget what you enjoy. And whenever I turn up for slumbers at my friends', they bring up so many details, even things about me that I have no idea about that had happened. Even when I tell my parents about it, they advise me to take a local herb that aids in memory loss, but I wonder, that herb is not available to everyone. How is everybody so good at remembering everything then?

  • @philipcheung7327
    @philipcheung73278 жыл бұрын

    I had always known how memories are stored, and that stress impacts one's ability to remember, but didn't know that chronic stress can lead to depleting brain cells.

  • @tashkash430
    @tashkash4308 жыл бұрын

    i've had depression for the past few years and recently started noticing how i cant remember things has much as i used to, i had a feeling it was linked to my mental illness

  • @JTC.operators
    @JTC.operators Жыл бұрын

    I like how their vids are short but still give a lot of info. Great work

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus8 жыл бұрын

    Short term memory = RAM Long term memory = ROM :P

  • @weendylry5598

    @weendylry5598

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mark Arandjus hahaha

  • @vinaychawla5162

    @vinaychawla5162

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @beedslolkuntus2070

    @beedslolkuntus2070

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but computer can learn 100000 times better

  • @incogniftoar3943

    @incogniftoar3943

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's unfair computer can preserve memories longer

  • @DavidDachaDjordjevic

    @DavidDachaDjordjevic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Long term memory is more like SSD, since long term memory can be altered as well.

  • @TexasRedneck
    @TexasRedneck8 жыл бұрын

    I have a really hard time remembering people's names. They can tell it to me a few times and right after, I'll forget. Same with numbers...

  • @pisiupo

    @pisiupo

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TexasRedneck That's probably because you don't care about their names.

  • @Hissingcash123

    @Hissingcash123

    8 жыл бұрын

    Try looking them in the eyes, repeating their name back to them and identifying a characteristic to remember them by. For example "Nice to meet you David." If David has dark hair, you'll want to take note of something like this because it forms another link to his name and makes retrieval easier. You have to ACTUALLY listen and use your brain to remember names, it's by no means a passive event!

  • @TexasRedneck

    @TexasRedneck

    8 жыл бұрын

    +pisiupo It's a struggle I deal with. There are times that I want to know what their name is but I guess subconsciously I guess I don't lol

  • @TexasRedneck

    @TexasRedneck

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Hissingcash123 Yeah that is a good idea to try that. Thank you

  • @SauceChef

    @SauceChef

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TexasRedneck Same, I don't remember names or numbers but faces is something I can strongly remember and describe.

  • @pecosrider5733
    @pecosrider57335 жыл бұрын

    I've been slowly losing my memory it's sad when I've had people tell me stories I've told them and can't even remember, that's why I started KZread to document what's left and what's going on. Hard part is i always forget to just sit down and make a video

  • @juneltulalian866
    @juneltulalian8668 жыл бұрын

    Inside out debunked in this video

  • @angeliesalvebernardez8587

    @angeliesalvebernardez8587

    8 жыл бұрын

    Then why?

  • @matthewstone2545

    @matthewstone2545

    6 жыл бұрын

    I can't don't know one each one of these comments!

  • @veramann
    @veramann6 жыл бұрын

    Also, we tend to remember things with a strong emotion or feeling, whether the evens are negative or positive.

  • @jecileonachan3514
    @jecileonachan35144 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much youtube and Ted ed for The information :D

  • @jadeyjung
    @jadeyjung Жыл бұрын

    learning a new language is a textbook recommendation for improving your memory and math might be the best and most universal language among all visuals in this video are right on the balance between being realistic and representative by the way thanks teded!

  • @maggiemay9381
    @maggiemay93812 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ebay for giving all my childhood toys back. I'm glad my memory didn't fail me on these.😊

  • @xxpsphacksx7112
    @xxpsphacksx71128 жыл бұрын

    -> loss of memory -> video length 4:20 -> nothing implied here ^^

  • @mairamoztasa4202

    @mairamoztasa4202

    8 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it

  • @Riddenguard

    @Riddenguard

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Xxpsphacksx le meme arrow :^)

  • @anastasiadunbar5246

    @anastasiadunbar5246

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Riddenguard ah danget u kneew dat -> implied > xDDDDDD

  • @Riddenguard

    @Riddenguard

    8 жыл бұрын

    xDDDDDDD

  • @beckysbackyardgarden

    @beckysbackyardgarden

    7 жыл бұрын

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  • @HotaruLancelot302
    @HotaruLancelot3023 жыл бұрын

    Idk but i can visually see my self in "third person" when it comes up in my mind

  • @CartoonzInc
    @CartoonzInc Жыл бұрын

    This actually gave me some closure. It explains a lot.

  • @opheliamacias9291
    @opheliamacias92912 жыл бұрын

    As I am ageing memories just pop into my head that I have not thought about for ages. Mostly what my husband put me thru.

  • @asprinkleoffieryunicorns8302
    @asprinkleoffieryunicorns83027 жыл бұрын

    Think of a memory - uhhhhhh..... Think of what you had for lunch 3 weeks ago - Sunflower spread sandwich and an apple with half a bottle of water at 1:35pm

  • @Patrick-cy2zh

    @Patrick-cy2zh

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Sprinkle Of Fiery Unicorns .......

  • @actualsatan_

    @actualsatan_

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Sprinkle Of Fiery Unicorns I had a Fluffernutter with a berry juice box at 12:40 pm

  • @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245

    @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Sprinkle Of Fiery Unicorns was it any good?

  • @asprinkleoffieryunicorns8302

    @asprinkleoffieryunicorns8302

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Princess Neko (Jenni Chitty) Yes actually, it was my favourite brand of bread and apple (I sound so weird :)

  • @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245

    @jennibeanthesweetsqueen5245

    7 жыл бұрын

    A Sprinkle Of Fiery Unicorns red delicious?

  • @andreivivas3963
    @andreivivas39633 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why I can't remember good memories but remember embarrassing memories every night

  • @samlal3618

    @samlal3618

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same..I can remember the bad things Crystal clear but the good ones are just a not as vivid

  • @larryputra3692
    @larryputra36925 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best video i've seen so far.

  • @TheLio666
    @TheLio6667 жыл бұрын

    I think ,the key to go back in time with our own memory is the context think about things when you had 5 years old if it s a normal day in your parent's home it won't specially work but if it's a special background (like hollidays or some other people house) it would be easier to remember

  • @Someone-km3mx
    @Someone-km3mx3 жыл бұрын

    me, a introvert who doesn't eat that healthily and doesn't like exercise: no wonder why my memory is so bad.

  • @mad_titanthanos

    @mad_titanthanos

    2 жыл бұрын

    Introversion has nothing to do with that so not that excuse

  • @e.hhampsen4508
    @e.hhampsen45086 жыл бұрын

    I had (diagnosed) moderate to severe depression when I was about 6-10 maybe younger. "Cringe" for me was just about every social confrontation went somewhat wrong and it was all I thought about. My family often accused me of making up stories, and I would have a really hard time remembering specific things namely homework( I really really tried) certain events that I was determined to remember (a specific mean thing a sibling said that I could bring up later for example) and other things, along with the distractions of being to young it was really a problem, now I know why, thanks, ted ed!

  • @omniatamer228

    @omniatamer228

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope you get better 🤍

  • @chriss2122
    @chriss2122 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who suffers from chronic stress, anxiety, and depression, and never sleeps very well, this video didn't exactly make me feel relieved.

  • @salm9211
    @salm9211 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, a video about memory. My memory would definitely remember this.

  • @soneelita
    @soneelita4 жыл бұрын

    We remember some memories because we are deeply emotionally attached to it .

  • @serene9532
    @serene95326 жыл бұрын

    "Think back to a really vivid memory." 1sec later "Got it?" Me: This is too much pressure I'll just watch the whole video without doing this

  • @kavyakiran8848
    @kavyakiran88482 жыл бұрын

    I feel there's the reason behind older people who were socially interacting were able to secure their memories more than the ones who didn't as, they constantly find themselves in situations where they recall memories like say somebody worked as a florist, and he was invited to his neighbor's home for dinner, he sees that plant and recalls about it. I think that's why whenever you learn new info, people suggest the use of visual memories and also olfactory do the same. Personally, I like the smell of state sandalwood to something painful that happened in my life. Similar things could be said about places like when u think of France, croissant hits your mind.

  • @JoaoVictor-dw2ci
    @JoaoVictor-dw2ci2 жыл бұрын

    After i learned English i can easily say with confidence that changed my brain in a way that i never imagined before

  • @mariagrecu2521
    @mariagrecu25214 жыл бұрын

    It's been some years since I have trouble memorizing things and it's so annoying. I didn't know why, but after this video I don't know if it's chronic stress, depression or both :))

  • @mikimaus4744

    @mikimaus4744

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you feel now?

  • @I34R
    @I34R4 жыл бұрын

    We remember the things we don’t want to remember but forget the things that we wished we remembered.

  • @Ron-pp8uq
    @Ron-pp8uq2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Ted-Ed, that was a really interesting video. Chronic Stress~ so that's why I don't appear to remember anything before the start of an exam despite having studied (or should I say toiled!) all day long!!

  • @cleuzeta
    @cleuzeta8 жыл бұрын

    amei o video muito exclarecedor, ainda bem que eu estou estudando ingles, exercitando meu cerebro. muito grata.

  • @sparklezheart3484
    @sparklezheart34848 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos Ted-Ed. I remember a lot when i was 2 years old.

  • @thepanthar

    @thepanthar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pearl.

  • @leevancliffneridacampo7769

    @leevancliffneridacampo7769

    2 жыл бұрын

    Steven Universe yes!?

  • @ericmcdonough6771
    @ericmcdonough67716 жыл бұрын

    Added to watch later last year Remembered today

  • @shreyasimandal1679
    @shreyasimandal16793 жыл бұрын

    This was a very useful video... Thank you very much, TED-Ed, please keep making more😊

  • @yankee2666

    @yankee2666

    11 ай бұрын

    “Questions and Ideas, Don’t Forget them,” …The title of a journal that encourages you to keep the Journal with you, and particularly in places where ideas seem to come to you. This is another journal by this author that I use consistently (fairly consistently anyway) You could probably create your own journal or notebook to accomplish this, but I like how this one is laid out.

  • @jayeofficialwat-sun160
    @jayeofficialwat-sun1608 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY UNSOLVED PROBLEM WHICH I HAD FOR SO LONG GOD BLESS YOU 🌟

  • @yankee2666

    @yankee2666

    11 ай бұрын

    “Questions and Ideas, Don’t Forget them,” …The title of a journal that encourages you to keep the Journal with you, and particularly in places where ideas seem to come to you. This is another journal by this author that I use consistently (fairly consistently anyway) You could probably create your own journal or notebook to accomplish this, but I like how this one is laid out.

  • @LisallyCute
    @LisallyCute7 жыл бұрын

    so in summary: be active, eat well, keep learning something new.

  • @user-ez5vq9fd2t
    @user-ez5vq9fd2t8 жыл бұрын

    I have absolutely terrible memory. I can't even remember what happened in a movie that I watched 20 minutes ago...

  • @weendylry5598

    @weendylry5598

    7 жыл бұрын

    P same

  • @yelloe

    @yelloe

    5 жыл бұрын

    That means you didn’t like or care about it.

  • @SYDAirlineEnthusiast

    @SYDAirlineEnthusiast

    5 жыл бұрын

    I watched the first episode of game of thrones season 8 two weeks back, but right after it ended, I could barely remember what happened in that episode.

  • @tuyetnguyenthi9889

    @tuyetnguyenthi9889

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mphk

  • @yashaswikulshreshtha1588

    @yashaswikulshreshtha1588

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then how do you remember your name?

  • @sanayakhan-xr4fd
    @sanayakhan-xr4fd6 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are amazing love them!!

  • @nicoleo.2462
    @nicoleo.24627 жыл бұрын

    I forget everything, even the fun and exciting stuff that should be memorable... only negative experiences usually stick real well

  • @Butter______
    @Butter______2 жыл бұрын

    It's crazy how I'm watching this, and my memories are building 💪

  • @yankee2666

    @yankee2666

    11 ай бұрын

    “Questions and Ideas, Don’t Forget them,” …The title of a journal that encourages you to keep the Journal with you, and particularly in places where ideas seem to come to you. This is another journal by this author that I use consistently (fairly consistently anyway) You could probably create your own journal or notebook to accomplish this, but I like how this one is laid out.

  • @esguerraaaliyahd.342
    @esguerraaaliyahd.3427 жыл бұрын

    I really love your channel

  • @crono3015
    @crono30158 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, whenever I read a graphic novel or manga, I try to pay attention to such small visual details, that I usually forget about what I just read. I guess I just have to go with the flow and not try to question too much.

  • @gabrielorban3705
    @gabrielorban37057 жыл бұрын

    I have the same lunch since three weeks. So easy to remember.

  • @Adam-jo3tr
    @Adam-jo3tr4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting how the inability or weakened ability of humans to store memories seems to have so many roots in attention problems, more so than like actual memory problems. It makes it seem like a big part of keeping our memories for longer may be to make sure we can efficiently pay attention when we are forming them today

  • @avia8478
    @avia84782 жыл бұрын

    I am 16 years old now and I can't seem to remember a single thing when I was 6,7,8 years old no matter how hard I try!

  • @SilentX_17

    @SilentX_17

    Жыл бұрын

    same, it sucks to forget all those great times you once had in your childhood especially those are the times where you have the most fun in life and not worry about so many things.

  • @lorenthian9597
    @lorenthian95976 жыл бұрын

    I love this art style!

  • @rameshsinghmehar4039
    @rameshsinghmehar40394 жыл бұрын

    TED-ED makes the best study animation videos. It makes bio interesting, thus leading to long term memory....☺️

  • @justintrovrt494
    @justintrovrt4948 жыл бұрын

    I do feel better while I learn c#...

  • @A_very_good_cheese
    @A_very_good_cheese3 жыл бұрын

    My brain:ah yes lets forget that 6 hour studying and then remember what meme you watched last week

  • @atlasguytinyproductions55

    @atlasguytinyproductions55

    3 жыл бұрын

    Personally, that was me

  • @PhilJonesIII
    @PhilJonesIII8 жыл бұрын

    Memory is pretty scary. Started to learn piano at age 50 and now some years later have a respectable repertoire. BUT even though I can play quite a few pieces from memory its a mystery where all those notes are coming from. Forgot two bars in a piece once and even though Id played the piece many times, I struggled to relearn. Learning something completely new however, has always been fairly easy. Its a strange feeling having to trust your memory to pass all the right notes to you.

  • @seemebloomingj5978
    @seemebloomingj5978 Жыл бұрын

    I saw a pic for a second and remembered the whole script of a series I watched 7 years ago ,it's crazy because u didn't know our brain is this powerful

  • @ReshiLuna
    @ReshiLuna6 жыл бұрын

    I believe that memory works like flash memory, when you think of it more often, more "electricity" is put in it, keeping the memory. But ones you don't think about, lose "electricity", and are forgotten,like how flash memory gets deleted/corrupted if you don't use it in a long time.

  • @YassineAmil
    @YassineAmil8 жыл бұрын

    "INSIDE OUT" movie? anyone?

  • @rafael2128
    @rafael2128 Жыл бұрын

    Love these videos always informative

  • @gary_michael_flanagan_wildlife
    @gary_michael_flanagan_wildlife7 ай бұрын

    Though we broke up many years ago and it was probably for the best, I still have wonderful memories of my ex girlfriend smiling at me as I took a picture of her on the beach in California. I vividly remember the polo shirt she was wearing and her skirt. The smile she had makes me smile to this day, when I think about the magic of being young and when you care for someone. I’m married now, but I still have those font memories and I don’t remember all the bad stuff. I wonder if women remember more of the bad than men do. I’ve heard women say “I regret the past 3 years with them” and I never look at it that way as a waste of time. Anyone else have happy memories you keep? Is this bad?

  • @claudesmoot1880
    @claudesmoot18807 жыл бұрын

    anyone else notice that the video is exactly 4:20

  • @mochi3764

    @mochi3764

    7 жыл бұрын

    Claude Smoot lol 😂

  • @radiantsun

    @radiantsun

    7 жыл бұрын

    Claude Smoot i read this comment on 4/20

  • @zymo08

    @zymo08

    6 жыл бұрын

    Smoke weed

  • @jhdhdhdhgdjehdhdhdbrd2888
    @jhdhdhdhgdjehdhdhdbrd28887 жыл бұрын

    basically all scientist ever tell us to do stuff like this is to eat well, exercise and sleep

  • @cyrenthesiren
    @cyrenthesiren6 жыл бұрын

    My memories go in the memory file inside my brain. Whenever I think about something in my head, like a piece of a memory, my memory file bursts open that memory and I remember it. Whenever I forget a memory that I had, it’s nowhere to be found in the memory file. I sometimes remember memories from a long time ago, sometimes I don’t.

  • @rainylight6268
    @rainylight6268 Жыл бұрын

    I have memory issues but I have never forgotten bad things people have said to me

  • @anonymous-vg7kc
    @anonymous-vg7kc7 жыл бұрын

    its too weird that i remember very minor details about my crush and dont know what studied yesterday.

  • @buraktrkn10
    @buraktrkn104 жыл бұрын

    those knowledges made me depressed.omg it's vicious circle

  • @jestercarreon1406
    @jestercarreon14067 жыл бұрын

    thanks you,now I know why I always forget my memories.

  • @paritoshjha28
    @paritoshjha283 жыл бұрын

    "Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's event" - Albert Einstein

  • @AIRpursuit
    @AIRpursuit7 жыл бұрын

    Man I feel these effects. My memories are getting worse and worse. Is there a way to recover?

  • @carolynzhao5393

    @carolynzhao5393

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Andy Liu, try learning a new language, like the video suggested, getting active, and getting social.

  • @tensorflow5777

    @tensorflow5777

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@carolynzhao5393 what if I'm already trilingual, kinda lazy and kinda unsocial? :/

  • @wulfgaeraldorth4330

    @wulfgaeraldorth4330

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, (as I once read) these are mostly side effects of being too immersed in technology (not blaming you) to a point when your mind doesn't have something in real life to focus on. You can recover by isolating yourself from technology (tv,internet,video games) for some time. You don't necessarily have to "socialize" during this period but you have to find something to really concantrate or think on like learning something that interests you from a book ect. It's always hard at first but than you start to feel that you are alive like you weren't before. Hope it helps. PS: And don't forget that our "mind archives' " growing rate decreases as we age because It's like a more complete library which still grows but with the most necesssary information.

  • @helldronez

    @helldronez

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tensorflow5777 be more than 3 languages then 😂, or try to draw or paint or play music or learn programming

  • @iunderstanphotography2780
    @iunderstanphotography27802 жыл бұрын

    what helps is having a journal. whe nyou write down things that happened that day. they're fresh in your mind, plus sitting down and thinking about what transpired really helps with retention of that memory My friends have written me into their memories of events, even though I know I wasn't there. Ive forgotten and replaced people, and this was at age 30-40 Sometimes hearing another account can wake up a memory. Mt friend can tell a story and he remembers details I forgot, as he's talking, instantly I remember my part in the story I had forgotten Photos help a lot

  • @ranjay12
    @ranjay122 жыл бұрын

    I had a memory of my first day at school. Now it's lost. I know this because I remember recalling that memory few years ago.

  • @raidennaz1590
    @raidennaz15908 жыл бұрын

    *4:20* Y'all did this on purpose, didn't you?

  • @arandomhandsomeman7725

    @arandomhandsomeman7725

    8 жыл бұрын

    no one notices it. People leave the moment she finishes sentence.

  • @jimmylilyjohn

    @jimmylilyjohn

    8 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it ?

  • @KreationKills

    @KreationKills

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Raiden Noeramrin literally the first thing i noticed haha

  • @Nathankem88

    @Nathankem88

    8 жыл бұрын

    +KreationKills dad?

  • @slimyweasles4973

    @slimyweasles4973

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Raiden Noeramrin I don't get it. What am I looking for?

  • @frontierbrainanabel5070
    @frontierbrainanabel50708 жыл бұрын

    A person in your head presses a few buttons, a memory ball is made. Done.

  • @snowballeclipse4991

    @snowballeclipse4991

    7 жыл бұрын

    ohdear

  • @Many9822

    @Many9822

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is that suppose to be inside out

  • @sombrerodog9699

    @sombrerodog9699

    5 жыл бұрын

    Frontier Brain Anabel and sometimes you run out of storage or don’t need to remember that certain moment and those balls are thrown away

  • @athenaluba4763
    @athenaluba47632 жыл бұрын

    It makes me sad to forget about the good memories i had from the past.

  • @MillyIncorporation
    @MillyIncorporation2 жыл бұрын

    And here I am, learning a new language yet having forgotten most of my past life ~

  • @peterrosqvist2480
    @peterrosqvist24806 жыл бұрын

    3:45 And make sure to floss! It’s the solution to all problems.

  • @abdullahmoiz8151
    @abdullahmoiz81518 жыл бұрын

    true question is what happens to our memories after we die?

  • @arbazmadeit

    @arbazmadeit

    8 жыл бұрын

    They die as well, duh.

  • @Edarric

    @Edarric

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Abdullah Moiz They expire as we do. For some people the memories expire before we die.

  • @zeppie_

    @zeppie_

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Abdullah Moiz They are gone, the brain just shuts down

  • @haqeimhafeiz5804

    @haqeimhafeiz5804

    8 жыл бұрын

    death...a dreamless sleep forever

  • @Andy-js5jy

    @Andy-js5jy

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Abdullah Moiz when you were last life as a "last remembers" you remember all of your life in the past because it is there last remembers known as "final remembers" it is very important to remember your life in the past. because life will die close but with the ending reminds reminds you all life on time, when a person dies with final memory can always remember, because there are beautiful remembers helping you to smile before dying. that'why people will die but they never forget beautiful remembers as you are born or you have family or you love someone as never forget.

  • @amirakbari5056
    @amirakbari50568 ай бұрын

    thanks for the short valuable content.

  • @lanceethan
    @lanceethan6 ай бұрын

    my favorite channel.

  • @shreeyamittal1771
    @shreeyamittal17714 жыл бұрын

    Is there someone who actually remembered what they had for lunch three weeks ago?🤣

  • @Someone-km3mx

    @Someone-km3mx

    3 жыл бұрын

    nope

  • @roidroid
    @roidroid8 жыл бұрын

    Chronic stress can cause the loss of brain cells and suppresses new ones from being produced? But... but that's what *alcohol* can do as well, it's the reason i stopped drinking! I wonder which is worse for your brain: drinking to relieve stress, or a stressful sobriety. Since *both* can destroy brain cells and suppress new ones from forming. No seriously, this is a highly relevant question.

  • @nexninja1479

    @nexninja1479

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably without it is better according to this. www.healthline.com/health/alcohol-and-anxiety#consequences

  • @rayanrahmani9838

    @rayanrahmani9838

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alcohol can alleviate acute stress, sure, but not chronic stress

  • @sontra4852
    @sontra48526 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson

  • @deepachawla9235
    @deepachawla92353 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful illustrations

  • @herocortez
    @herocortez8 жыл бұрын

    You forgot sleep...

  • @SYDAirlineEnthusiast

    @SYDAirlineEnthusiast

    5 жыл бұрын

    herocortez yep, easy to forget the dreams you had. I remember only a few dreams from my childhood, but I vividly remember having many of them, though I cant remember most of them.

  • @harshdungrani625

    @harshdungrani625

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol yea

  • @putrieka9900
    @putrieka99007 жыл бұрын

    I speak 4 languange. But still my memory is bad :(

  • @rakoraz
    @rakoraz11 ай бұрын

    Made my day thanks!

  • @torusuniverse
    @torusuniverse5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @LonelyDonutz
    @LonelyDonutz8 жыл бұрын

    you forgot about bing bong

  • @helldronez

    @helldronez

    3 жыл бұрын

    bing bong bing bong who is your best friend?