What podcasts say about Alan
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What Alan has said on podcasts
38 statements · 23 positive · 10 negative · 5 neutral
Making mistakes supports effective learning.
“Good learning happens through making mistakes.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 0:00
Errorful retrieval improves subsequent memory.
“The best way to remember something is to again failures.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 0:17
Human memory reconstructs the past and is not invariably accurate.
“memory is really a mental representation of the past. And by its very nature it's reconstructive. It's never always accurate.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 3:05
Forgetting names is often a normal form of forgetting.
“if you can't remember someone's name, that's probably a natural forgetting.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 5:43
Deliberate retrieval practice helps people remember names.
“we have to use deliberate practice, retrieval practice, use the name several times.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 6:37
Mistakes contribute substantially to learning.
“a lot of good learning happens through making mistakes.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 8:18
Repeated exposure alone does not guarantee strong memory.
“just seeing something many times doesn't mean you'll remember it well.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 8:35
Failed retrieval followed by correction improves memory.
“the best way to remember something is to again failures”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 9:09
Noticing differs from merely seeing information.
“I think, think that's the difference between seeing something and noticing it.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 10:27
Persistence and curiosity help learners obtain feedback and improve.
“the best learners are the ones who persist, who are curious, because that's how you're going to get a lot of feedback”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 14:41
Some memory systems may remain stable or improve with age.
“there are certain memory systems that might actually remain stable or even improve.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 16:47
Novel experiences and social interaction may support neurogenesis.
“being exposed to new things, if you're traveling, if you're talking to different people, that can be really important for things like even neurogenesis.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 18:27
New brain-cell development does not necessarily stop with aging.
“You want to, you know, develop new brain cells, which we know doesn't just stop as we reach a certain age.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 18:34
Changing routines can benefit memory.
“there can be benefits to changing our habits”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 20:19
Amygdala emotional processing remains relatively maintained across aging.
“a part of our brain, like the amygdala that's involved in processing emotions is very active and is maintained throughout age.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 22:00
Learning challenges are more beneficial than making learning completely easy.
“you don't want it to be easy. You want it to be not a struggle, but a challenge so that you can appreciate it.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 23:58
Exceptional visual memory does not eliminate memory errors.
“the research on photographic memory does show that even people who have very strong visual memory will make memory errors.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 26:28
Deciding to photograph an event can improve memory for it.
“There is some research showing that that act of deciding to take the picture actually improves your own memory for the event.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 27:37
Photographing events can worsen memory when it encourages offloading.
“it can also make your memory worse because you're realizing, I'm taking this photo so I don't need to remember it later.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 27:46
Reconstructing the past and imagining the future share brain signatures.
“our brain does a lot of interesting things in terms of, you know, reconstructing the past also has a similar brain signature as imagining the future”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 28:34
Human memory can be contaminated by subsequent information.
“our memory can be contaminated, just like any form of evidence could be contaminated.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 31:26
Lineup identification can replace the originally witnessed face in memory.
“when you replay it again, you're replaying the person you identified, not the person you actually saw.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 31:31
Confidence is not a reliable guarantee of memory accuracy.
“High confidence doesn't necessarily mean high accuracy.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 34:29
Refreshing procedural skills may improve safety.
“I think revisiting these things more often and being more cognizant probably would make us safer.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 48:23
Walking three or four times weekly can enhance hippocampal function.
“walking three, four times a week can enhance hippocampal function.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 52:16
A year of regular walking increased hippocampal volume by 1%.
“the walking group, their hippocampus, actually increased in volume by 1%.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 52:45
Walking participants had better memory one year later.
“Their memory was much better a year later.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 52:54
One-quarter of people over 65 experience a fall.
“one in four people over the age of 65 will experience a fall.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 54:49
Most people over 40 report feeling approximately 20% younger.
“after the age of 40, most people feel about 20, 20% younger than their actual age.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 1:16:42
Subjective age predicts longevity better than biological age.
“that subjective age is a better predictor of how long you'll live than your biological age.”
Open the episode · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan CastelListen at 1:17:11
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