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The Memory Thief & the Secrets Behind How We Remember | Lauren Aguirre

July 12, 2021
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Hidden Forces

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In Episode 198, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Lauren Aguirre, an award-winning science journalist who tells the story of a team of doctors responsible for discovering a surprising connection between the use of opioids and memory loss. This condition, first detected in drug overdose victims with severe damage to their hippocampus has since led to a series of discoveries about the nature of memory, as well as the mysteries that persist about how we remember.