Aging And Memory

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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of the Mind
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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
03.16.2008
 (was 04.29.2007)

Remember the good old days? No? Well that's either because you haven't lived them yet, or you need to check the note you left on the bedside table. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we're looking at age and memory with a Nobel Prize winner searching through the mechanics of the brain. Also, a burned out twenty-something writer decides on early retirement and a middle-aged woman searches for holy longing.

  1. Eric Kandel on "In Search of Memory"

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    Eric Kandel has spent a lifetime studying the science of memory and picked up a Nobel Prize while he was at it.

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  2. Jim Fleming on Memory and Aging

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    Wisconsin Public Radio's Jim Fleming provides an essay about memory and his aging father.

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  3. Claire Tomalin on "Thomas Hardy"

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    Claire Tomalin has written a biography of nineteenth century novelist Thomas Hardy which reveals that he thought of himself as primarily a poet.

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  4. Rodney Rothman on "Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement"

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    Rodney Rothman tells Jim Fleming why he decided to "retire" at age 28 and go to live in a retirement community in Florida.

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  5. Mary Rose O'Reilly on "The Love of Impermanent Things"

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    Poet Mary Rose O'Reilly talks with Anne Strainchamps about the archaeology of memory and reads some of her work.

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