Lectures tagged "Memory"

Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard"
Billy Collins
April 1, 2009
00:02:57
Billy Collins reads his poem "The Lanyard", in which the speaker explores how contrasting images in a poem can create meaning as he remembers a gift he made for his mother.
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Lincoln, The Reader
Douglas Wilson
October 14, 2008
00:58:44
Douglas L. Wilson examines the legend of Abraham Lincoln's self-education.
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Remembering Trauma
Richard J. McNally
February 10, 2004
01:25:33
Clinician and laboratory researcher Richard McNally challenges the ready acceptance of a notion he says goes beyond common sense, and contends that traumatic experiences are indeed unforgettable and the evidence for repressed memories is surprisingly weak.