It happens to the best of us — we blank on someone's name, or forget an important meeting, or bomb a test we thought we'd ace. Today on the show, we talk to cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham) about the mysteries of memory: How it works, why it fails us, and how to build memories that stick.
It used to be that we tried our best to conceal disadvantages. But new research sheds a light on the strange phenomenon of people who pretend to be worse off than they really are. Check out our recent episode "Crying Wolf"). *And if you like our work, please consider supporting it! See how you can help at support.hiddenbrain.org). *
