Charan Ranganath
UC Davis neuroscientist who studies memory; wrote Why We Remember.
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- Charan Ranganath is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of California, Davis.
- He directs the Dynamic Memory Lab and the Memory and Plasticity program there.
- For over 25 years he has studied how the brain lets us remember past events.
- His methods are brain imaging, computational modelling and studies of patients with memory disorders.
- He wrote Why We Remember, a book for general readers.
Key facts
- Position
- Professor, Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, UC Davis1
- Leads
- Dynamic Memory Lab; Memory and Plasticity (MAP) program1
- Research
- How the brain remembers past events: brain imaging, computational models, patients with memory disorders1
- Book
- Why We Remember1
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship; Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship1
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