The Neuroscience of Memory - Eleanor Maguire

There are two demos in this talk that you can try at home exploring how we perceive and recollect visual scenes: 1. Image distance demo: You are given a 3 second countdown before seeing a quick sequence of two pictures of the same object, divided briefly by a visual mask. The challenge is to identify whether the second picture is the same view as the first, or whether it’s moved closer or further away. Try it yourself 2. Drawing from memory demo: You have