Consciousness & Reality

Time, Memory & Identity

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Time, Memory & the Self

Explore subjective time, personal identity and free will while separating psychological experience, neuroscience and philosophical interpretation.

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  1. 01

    Why Time Speeds Up and Slows Down

    A clear explanation of why experienced time stretches, compresses and changes depending on whether you are living through a moment or remembering it later.

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  2. 02

    What Makes You the Same Person Over Time?

    An evidence-aware investigation of memory, self-continuity and the philosophical problem of what it means for a person to persist through change.

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  3. 03

    Free Will and the Feeling of Choice

    A careful investigation of famous free-will experiments, modern challenges to their interpretation and the difference between feeling agency and proving metaphysical freedom.

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