# How memories form and how we lose them

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Catharine Young
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/catharine_young_how_memories_form_and_how_we_lose_them)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn't as strong— but why not? Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories eventually fade? Catharine Young gives the basics on memory and memory loss. \[Directed by Patrick Smith, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen\].

## Lectures

1. [How memories form and how we lose them](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/catharine_young_how_memories_form_and_how_we_lose_them/8680874a37a7), 5 min (TED's player)