Interesting! I learned a lot of new things about memory when I did the "learning how to learn course" [0]. I definitely recommend it for people trying to learn vast amounts and use their memory effectively.<p>The link's more specific honing on memory itself seems more in depth however.<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn" rel="nofollow">https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn</a>
If you're interested in this you may like the instructor's recent paper "Episodic memory: mental time travel or a quantum `memory wave' function?" <a href="https://psyarxiv.com/6zjwb" rel="nofollow">https://psyarxiv.com/6zjwb</a><p>as a side note I couldn't find a reference to hippocampal grid cells (and their role in memory) in the course materials, but may be I missed it <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352154616302819" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235215461...</a><p>also the associative memory section missing many important models, like sparse distributed memory, may be worth a PR <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_distributed_memory" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_distributed_memory</a>
The first question on the first problem sheet reads:<p>> Describe one aspect of memory that you are absolutely certain is true. Explain how you know– be as specific
as possible.<p>Any thoughts?
Thanks for sharing, haven't seen this before, looks like a great resource.<p>Two other things I think about when I think about Human Memory:<p>* "Funes the Memorious" [1], a short story from J.L.Borges that describes what it may look like to truly have perfect memory.<p>* The writings of Piotr Wozniak [2], author of Supermemo.<p>--<p>1: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious</a><p>2: <a href="https://supermemo.guru/wiki/Piotr_Wozniak" rel="nofollow">https://supermemo.guru/wiki/Piotr_Wozniak</a>
I have not really looked into its contents, but a course that suggests Christopher Nolan's "Memento" as additional material certainly sounds interesting.
Well this is amazingly cool, are the lectures for this course available anywhere? I would love to have lectures like this available on something like MIT OpenCourseWare