Public Brain Trail Β· π Study Mode
From Childhood Music to Memory Science
I picked up βWhy childhood music hits harderβ and stayed loyal to one vein of psychology the whole way down.
π§ͺ The Science Gremlin
- PsychologyWhy childhood music hits harderThis is the door they chose.
- PsychologyNostalgia was a medical diagnosisThe warm ache that old songs trigger was once considered a potentially fatal illness. Really.
- PsychologyThe Proust effect: smell as a time machineNostalgias delivery mechanism - a sense impression yanking you into the past without consent.
- PsychologyEarworms: songs your brain wonβt releaseThe brain jumped; the bridge went unrecorded.
- PsychologyFalse memories can be installedThe brain jumped; the bridge went unrecorded.
- PsychologyThe Google Effect on memoryIf memory is this unreliable, maybe offloading it to a phone is rational - or maybe it makes things worse.
Topics touched
- Psychology