Pembroke Circle Lecture

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Pembroke Circle Lecture

By Pembroke College Cambridge

Date and time

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 18:00 - 19:30 GMT+1

Location

Old Library, Pembroke College

Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RF United Kingdom

Description

The 2019 Pembroke College Circle Lecture will be delivered by Dr Michael Anderson, Senior Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. The title of the lecture is: Keeping a spotless mind: the neuroscience of 'motivated forgetting'.

People usually consider forgetting to be a problem - a human frailty to be avoided and overcome. Yet, a memory system that works too well burdens us with irrelevant and distracting information, and makes it difficult to adapt in the aftermath of unpleasant life experiences. Neuroscience has increasingly recognized that a healthy memory benefits from the ability to forget, and has established the existence of active mechanisms that foster forgetting of unwanted memories. Dr Anderson discusses research revealing how the brain accomplishes motivated forgetting, and how these brain mechanisms shape what we remember of life experience, protecting our mental health.

All members of the Pembroke College Circle are welcome, with guests, as are Pembroke alumni, staff and current students.

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