We all get frustrated with our inability to remember people’s names, find our keys, or recover a lost computer password.

In Why We Remember, prominent neuroscientist Charan Ranganath combines accessible language with cutting-edge research to reveal 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.

Ranganath guides us through the science of our memories with incredible insight and clear science, combines fascinating tales of the peculiarities of memory with practical, actionable steps. Drawing on his life as a scientist, father, and child of immigrants, Ranganath unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives.

CHARAN RANGANATH is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience 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. Outside of neuroscience, Dr. Ranganath is also a songwriter and guitarist with a number of recording credits, including a song on a feature film soundtrack.

DSS: Why We Remember

By Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

DSS: Why We Remember

Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation presents