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Priya Rajasethupathy
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The mechanics of memory
Memory underpins our sense of being a person, a continuous “me” to whom experiences happen and stick. A search to understand its basic machinery led scientists to the center of the brain—and toward new questions about the self
Becoming a scientist
Priya Rajasethupathy
Memories are inherently shifty. A neuroscientist with a new lab of her own, Priya Rajasethupathy likens the brain’s memory function to Wikipedia—always evolving, occasionally unreliable.