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How does your memory work?
Programme summary
Horizon journeys into the human memory, from how it emerges in childhood, develops through to adulthood, and fades in middle age.
Memory and the senses
Prof. Martin Conway reveals how our personal memories are linked to our senses.
Can we implant a false memory in you?
Professor Dan Schacter has designed a test to illustrate how easily our memory can deceive us.
Would you have your memory wiped?
A pioneering technique may help to actually forget some events in our lives - simply by taking a pill.
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