Why does memory fade? Why does it stay? These questions, among others, occupy the mind of Charan Ranganath, a UC Davis psychology professor in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science and a core ...

The key to remembering mundane moments — like turning off the stove — is to make them feel extraordinary.

Memory isn't just a collection of events. Instead, our brain intertwines the what, where, when, and how of experiences to give us the full picture. Sometimes our memory works in inexplicable ways, ...

In this episode, Professor Charan Ranganath, director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and author of Why We Remember, reveals how memory truly works. He explains how our choices shape the ...

Charan Ranganath is a professor at the Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of the new ...

Ranganath, a psychology professor at the University of California Davis, debuts with a riveting overview of how memory works. He explains that the prefrontal cortex helps coordinate brain activity and ...