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Radio 4,21 Jun 2025,30 mins

Series Series 23

Memory Swap

Curious Cases

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Could you ever trade memories with someone else? Fancy downloading the experience of landing on the moon, winning an Oscar or performing at Glastonbury? Listener Adam wants to know, and Hannah Fry and Dara 脫 Briain are on the case. With expert insights from Professor Chris French and Professor Amy Milton, they dive into the mind鈥檚 tendency to blur the lines between reality and imagination - often embellishing, distorting, or downright making stuff up. Discover how memory conformity makes us 鈥渟ee鈥 things like spoons being bent by paranormal forces, how scientists can implant artificial memories in mice, and hear Al Hopwood鈥檚 hilariously vivid tales of things that definitely never happened. Chris even spills the secrets of how to deliberately plant false memories in others (don鈥檛 try this at home!). From rewiring trauma to curing phobias, the potential of memory manipulation is both exciting and unnervingly sci-fi. Prepare to question everything you think you remember. Contributors: Amy Milton - Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge Chris French - Professor of Anomalistic Psychology at Goldsmiths University Al Hopwood - Artist, writer and curator Producer: Ilan Goodman Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A 蜜芽传媒 Studios Audio Production

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