SLCL’s Gale Medical Arts Series Presents Memory Expert Dr. Charan Ranganath
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Gale Medical Arts Series is pleased to host neuroscientist Charan Ranganath for a discussion and signing of “Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters.”
Dr. Ranganath will be in conversation with Dr. Zach Reagh, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University.
The event will take place on Thursday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis MO 63131.
Copies of Dr. Ranganath’s book will be available for purchase and signing from Left Bank Books.
A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In “Why We Remember,” pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, he reveals the surprising ways our brains record the past and how we use that information to understand who we are in the present, and to imagine and plan for the future.
Memory, Dr. Ranganath shows, is a highly transformative force that shapes how we experience the world in often invisible and sometimes destructive ways. Knowing this can help us with daily remembering tasks, like finding our keys, and with the challenge of memory loss as we age. What’s more, when we work with the brain’s ability to learn and reinterpret past events, we can heal trauma, shed our biases, learn faster, and grow in self-awareness.
Including fascinating studies and examples from pop culture, and drawing on Ranganath’s life as a scientist, father, and child of immigrants, “Why We Remember” is a captivating read that unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives.
Charan Ranganath is a Professor at the Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years, Dr. Ranganath has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events, using brain imaging techniques, computational modeling and studies of patients with memory disorders. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship.
The Arthur Gale Medical Arts Lecture Series at the St. Louis County Library was founded in 2015 by Dr. Arthur Gale with the purpose of increasing the public's knowledge and understanding of medicine and health care.
Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.