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Topic: Human memory

Human memory is a complex cognitive process that is often fallible, selective, and reconstructive in nature.

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The podcast episodes provided focus extensively on the science and nature of human memory, exploring how it works, its flaws and biases, and the ethical implications of emerging memory-altering technologies.

For example, the episode '1004: Memory | Skeptical Sunday' from The Jordan Harbinger Show analyzes common myths about memory and the profound ethical issues posed by the ability to artificially alter memories.

Another episode, 'From the Vault: Inner Cosmos, with David Eagleman' from Stuff To Blow Your Mind, discusses the fallibility of human memory and how it reconstructs or distorts recollections.

The episodes from Something You Should Know, 'What Is Good Mental Health? & The Weird Thing About Memory' and 'Spite: For Good and Evil & Why Memory Often Fails Us', also delve deeply into the science behind how human memory works, its selective and reconstructive nature, and factors that shape it.

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