What Makes You, You?

Dr. David Eagleman explores memory as an important pillar of self, and reveals that rather than being a faithful record of our past, memory is fallible and often unreliable, making our life of memories more personal mythology than digital recording.

THE BRAIN WITH DAVID EAGLEMAN: What Makes Me?

Aired: 10/21/2015

Full video at PBS

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  1. Malachi commented on Oct 25

    Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

  2. GeorgeBurnsWasRight commented on Oct 25

    I wonder what the impact on our sense of self will be from all of the videos and other data that most of us will have which document our lives so we have a reference source besides our memories.

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