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Maximize your Memory with Brain Games

Do you have trouble remembering people’s names? Have you ever forgotten where you parked your car?

Dr. Kate Possin, assistant professor of neuropsychology at UCSF, says that those are actually specific memory problems that are linked with different circuits or memory systems in the brain. In this video, watch her use different memory tests to reveal the difference between types of memory, like long term memory and working memory.

If you answered yes to those first two questions, be sure to check out the brain games that can help you maximize the use of your memory.

Then, Dr.Winston Chiong, Neurology fellow at UCSF, discusses the link between the perception of oneself and memory, how neuroscience could help answer the existential question “what is the self?”

For more information from top neurology experts, see the other videos in the Multidimensional Mind series.