Pembroke College Cambridge

Pembroke Circle Lecture

28 September 2019 17.00
Location
Old Library

 

Dr Michael Anderson, Senior Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, will deliver the 2019 Pembroke Circle Lecture: 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.

The talk will be held in Pembroke Old Library at 6pm on Saturday 28th September 2019. All members of the Pembroke College Circle are welcome, with guests, as are Pembroke alumni, staff and current students. To book tickets, please visit https://pembrokecircle2019.eventbrite.co.uk.

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