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See how researchers use transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the brain and improve memory

“Forgetfulness,” poem by Billy Collins

Patient H.M. and short-term memory loss explained

Learn how the olfactory bulb in the brain processes the information from the olfactory receptors lining the nose

Hear a neuroscientist Christof Koch speaks about how a neuron identifies selective encoding and coding to specific memories

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

German psychologist

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Austrian-American neurobiologist

Frederic Bartlett

British psychologist

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