Chapter 5 · 23 min

Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering

Chapter 5 of How the Brain Works: Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering.

How the Brain Works | Ch 5 Part 1/2: Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering ↗How the Brain Works | Ch 5 Part 2/2: Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering ↗

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Subdural grid on cortical surface, original PLOS Figure2
Edwin van Dellen, Linda Douw, Johannes C. Baayen, Jan J. Heimans, Sophie C. Ponten, W. Peter Vandertop, Demetrios N. Velis, Cornelis J. Stam, Jaap C. Reijneveld
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Cajal hippocampal circuit drawing, modified and labeled
Santiago Ramon y Cajal; derivative labels and inset by Looie496
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Incorporated into an explanatory animation; presentation may include cropping, labels and overlays.
Cultured cortical neuron with dendritic spines
Sergb95
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Live confocal time-lapse of stable and retracting hippocampal dendritic spines
J. Reilly, H. Hanson, M. Fernandez-Monreal, S. Wearne, P. Hof, and G. Phillips
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Woollett and Maguire 2011 Figure 2: posterior hippocampal gray-matter change
Katherine Woollett and Eleanor A. Maguire
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Brenda Milner, 2014 portrait
Per Henning/NTNU
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Roy2022 brain-wide activity-dependent maps, Figure1
Dheeraj S. Roy and coauthors
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Incorporated into an explanatory animation; presentation may include cropping, labels and overlays.

Research references

Selected sources from the episode’s research and scientific figures.

How this film was made

Created and editorially directed by Anders Lunde using a custom production system developed over six months. AI assists research, drafting, programming, and visual production; I review and edit the material and make the final editorial decisions. Narration uses text-to-speech. Visuals combine custom-built scientific animations, AI-generated reconstructions, and credited scientific imagery.

Generated reconstructions illustrate scientific interpretations. They are distinct from photographs, specimens, and measured data.

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Visual credits

Subdural grid on cortical surface, original PLOS Figure2

Cajal hippocampal circuit drawing, modified and labeled

Cultured cortical neuron with dendritic spines

Live confocal time-lapse of stable and retracting hippocampal dendritic spines

Woollett and Maguire 2011 Figure 2: posterior hippocampal gray-matter change

Brenda Milner, 2014 portrait

Roy2022 brain-wide activity-dependent maps, Figure1

Research references

How this film was made