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Your Memory Is Like A Camcorder — Here’s How To Turn It On
Forbes: According to a new study, memory is a lot like a camcorder. “If you don’t hit the ‘record’ button on the camcorder, it’s not going to ‘remember’ what the lens is pointed at,” says
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The Biggest Reason We Steal Other People’s Ideas
The Huffington Post: Chances are that at some point in your career, you’ve taken an idea from someone else. I want to know why. There’s a clue in a story about one of the great
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Was Brian Williams a Victim of False Memory?
The New York Times: How reliable is human memory? Most of us believe that our memory is like a video camera, capturing an accurate record that can be reviewed at a later date. But the truth
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When Musicians Unintentionally Steal
Pacific Standard: Imagine your favorite musician, actor, filmmaker, or painter. Undoubtedly, each one grew up idolizing—emulating, even—their artistic heroes. As such, if you pay close enough attention, it’s not hard to see those influences permeating
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You Have No Idea What Happened
The New Yorker: R.T. first heard about the Challenger explosion as she and her roommate sat watching television in their Emory University dorm room. A news flash came across the screen, shocking them both. R. T., visibly
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News Anchor Brian Williams and the Science of Memory
Memory distortion has become a hot topic this week in the wake of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams’s admission of falsely recounting one of his experiences during coverage of the Iraq War. For years
