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Unlock Your Memory by Memorizing Less

2025/5/30
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Sanjay Gupta: 我认为LeBron James对比赛有着非凡的记忆力,他能将周围发生的事情简化为一种模式。这让我很想知道,是什么特别的因素使他的记忆能力如此独特。我希望他能听到这个节目,因为我很想和他谈谈他的记忆力。 Charan Ranganath: 我认为我们之所以需要记忆,是因为我们需要理解现在发生的事情,并预测在一个不确定和有时可怕的世界中即将发生的事情。记忆不是为了打包你所经历的每件事,而是为了打包你认为未来会重要的东西。拥有好的记忆不是记住一切,而是更好地记住那些重要的东西。记忆就像一幅画,它反映了艺术家在特定时刻的视角,可能包含扭曲、不准确或缺失的部分。心理治疗的目的不是改变记忆本身,而是改变人们与记忆的关系,让他们从不同的角度描绘记忆。人们会很快遗忘,一周后能记住20%的内容就算很成功了。记忆是对经历的有选择性的叙述,与实际经历非常不同。情感和对人物、地点的依恋是记忆的重要组成部分。不要试图记住更多,而是要记住更好。有时记住更好意味着记住更少。人类独特之处在于能够记住我们生活中发生的独特经历。我们需要强迫自己走出舒适区,以便在人工智能时代保持想象力。

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Dr. Charan Ranganath explains that memory is not about remembering everything, but about remembering what's important. He uses the analogy of packing for a trip: you don't take everything, only what you need. Memory is like a painting; it's not about truth or falsehood, but about the artist's vision, which can change over time.
  • Memory is not about perfect recall, but about remembering what is important for the future.
  • Memory is like a painting, subject to distortion, inaccuracy, and perspective.
  • Happiness and satisfaction come from what you remember, not necessarily what you experienced.

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The average American takes in about 34 gigabytes of information each day -- that's a lot for our brains to process and remember. Top memory expert Dr. Charan Ranganath sits down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to share why the key to remembering more may be to memorize less. Plus, Ranganath weighs in on what could change for human memory in the age of AI.

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