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Human memory unreliable after a few seconds?

New research suggests that our memory may really only be as good as the brain's "tape recorder" which we describe in chapter 10 as echoic memory in the auditory cortex. Here's the story: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study, and here's the research: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0283257.

Chapter 10 focused largely on how our memory mechanisms are essential to our ability to make and enjoy music. A new article in the...

In chapter 10, we talk about the New Stone Age, and the first human settlements 10,000 years ago. Now new research has uncovered wooden...

Here's an interesting article that describes the many ways in which music therapy is used to treat patients with dementia:...