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Can Eyewitnesses Create Memories?

NPR/TED Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:00 +0000

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Memory Games.

About Scott Fraser's TEDTalk

Forensic psychologist Scott Fraser studies how we remember crimes. He describes a deadly shooting and explains how eyewitnesses can create memories that they haven't seen. Why?

How Do Experiences Become Memories?

NPR/TED Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:00 +0000

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Memory Games.

About Daniel Kahneman's TEDTalk

Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman goes through a series of examples of things we might remember, from vacations to colonoscopies.

Can Anyone Learn To Be A Master Memorizer?

NPR/TED Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:00 +0000

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Memory Games.

About Joshua Foer's TEDTalk

Some people can memorize thousands of numbers, the names of dozens of strangers or the precise order of cards in a shuffled deck. Science writer and U.S.

Memory Games

NPR/TED Staff — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:00 +0000

"Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true." -- Daniel Kahneman

Memory is malleable, dynamic and elusive. When we tap into our memories, where's the line between fact and fiction? How does our memory play tricks on us, and how can we train it to be more accurate? In this hour, TED speakers discuss how a nimble memory can improve your life, and how a frail one might ruin someone else's.

Book News: Judge's Comments Bruising To Apple's Price-Fixing Case

Annalisa Quinn — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:32:00 +0000

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

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'We Steal Secrets': A Sidelong Look At WikiLeaks

Mark Jenkins — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:48:00 +0000

Current-events buffs probably think they know the tale of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney may have thought the same when he began researching his film We Steal Secrets. But this engrossing documentary soon diverges from the expected.

Even the movie's title, or rather the source of it, is a surprise. Not to spoil the fun, but it's neither Assange nor one of his allies who nonchalantly acknowledges that "we steal secrets."

Assange himself, currently in self-imposed exile at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, didn't speak to Gibney.

To 'Fill The Void,' A Choice With A Personal Cost

Ella Taylor — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:00 +0000

Driving home from a screening of the ravishing new Israeli film Fill the Void, I caught sight of a young man in full Hasidic garb, trying to coax his toddler son across a busy Los Angeles street.

'Lunch Lady' Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes

editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:00 +0000

Author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka is just 35 years old, but he's already published 20 books, including the popular Lunch Lady graphic novel series, NPR's Backseat Book Club pick for May.

The Lunch Lady is actually a secret superhero with all kinds of special cooking gadgets — fish stick nunchucks, a hairnet that catches the bad guys and a spatula that spins into a helicopter. She doesn't just serve food — she serves justice.

Paul Willistein reviews The Great Gatsby

Alison DelRe — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:07 +0000

Julianne Moore, Relishing Complicated Characters

editor — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000

In the film What Maisie Knew, Julianne Moore plays a troubled rock star whose young daughter witnesses her parents' volatile behavior as they argue over custody during their rocky separation.

On the surface, Moore's character, Susanna, might seem to be an entirely terrible one — a self-involved person and inappropriate mother who's not paying attention to her child. But Moore makes her more complicated than that.

"What's interesting to me about Susanna as a mother, particularly, is how inconsistent she is," Moore tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies.