How Your Brain Chooses What to Remember
Artem Kirsanov
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Exploring how neural systems learn and compute — at the intersection of neuroscience, computer science, and mathematics. Created by a Harvard neuroscience researcher.
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To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/ArtemKirsanov . You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription Socials: X/Twitter: https://x.com/ArtemKRSV Patreon: https://patreon.com/artemkirsanov My name is Artem, I'm a graduate student at NYU Center for Neural Science and researcher at Flatiron Institute. In this video, we explore how the brain tags which memories to keep and the role of a special brain wave – a hippocampal sharp-wave ripple in this process. Paper full text: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk8261 Website: https://winnieyangwannan.github.io/RippleTagging/projects/1_project/ Code for the video: https://github.com/ArtemKirsanov/Youtube-Videos/tree/main/2025/How%20Your%20Brain%20Chooses%20What%20to%20Remember Outline: 00:00 Introduction 01:11 Sharp-Wave Ripples 04:38 Memory Consolidation 6:36 Experimental Setup 07:58 UMAP & Population Activity 10:33 Maze Manifold 12:02 Decoding Ripple Content 13:57 Putting it together 15:42 Brilliant.org 16:56 Outro Clip with dancers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0axUoy4wbQ Icons by Freepik and Biorender This video was sponsored by Brilliant
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