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Figuring Out · FO571
FO571Health · 2026-10-06 · 02:30:52 · Shot in New York
Nikolay Kukushkin
Memory Scientist’s Guide To Building A 100X Sharper Brain
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In today's episode, we sit down with Nikolay Kukushkin, Neuroscientist, Author & Teacher, a memory scientist who calls himself a "molecular philosopher" and studies how molecules and cells create memory, motivation and consciousness.
Published2026-10-06
Shot inNew York, United States
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00:00Intro↗03:58Who Is Nikolay Kukushkin?↗06:26How Your Brain Changes Every Time You Learn↗14:28Can You Train Your Brain to Remember the Right Things?↗18:59Why Your Memories May Not Be as Accurate as You Think↗23:27The Memory Palace & Why We Forget↗33:25Why Trying to Forget Something Can Make It Worse↗37:52The Secret to Solving Problems: Slow-Motion Multitasking↗39:45How Much of Your Personality Can You Actually Change?↗46:27Why Sleep Matters for Memory & Learning↗52:35Why You Remember Some Things for Longer Than Others↗1:01:21Why Your Brain Wants to Be Right Even When You're Wrong↗1:09:11Dopamine & Desire↗1:18:02Why Your Brain Is Never Satisfied↗1:22:07How Smells & Songs Trigger Powerful Memories↗1:30:42Why You Can't Remember Being a Baby↗
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Figuring Out · FO571Nikolay Kukushkin
Memory Scientist’s Guide To Building A 100X Sharper Brain
In this episode
In today's episode, we sit down with Nikolay Kukushkin, Neuroscientist, Author & Teacher, a memory scientist who calls himself a "molecular philosopher" and studies how molecules and cells create memory, motivation and consciousness.
Chapters
- 03:58Who Is Nikolay Kukushkin?
- 06:26How Your Brain Changes Every Time You Learn
- 14:28Can You Train Your Brain to Remember the Right Things?
- 18:59Why Your Memories May Not Be as Accurate as You Think
- 23:27The Memory Palace & Why We Forget
- 33:25Why Trying to Forget Something Can Make It Worse
- 37:52The Secret to Solving Problems: Slow-Motion Multitasking
- 39:45How Much of Your Personality Can You Actually Change?
- 46:27Why Sleep Matters for Memory & Learning
- 52:35Why You Remember Some Things for Longer Than Others
- 1:01:21Why Your Brain Wants to Be Right Even When You're Wrong
- 1:09:11Dopamine & Desire
- 1:18:02Why Your Brain Is Never Satisfied
- 1:22:07How Smells & Songs Trigger Powerful Memories
- 1:30:42Why You Can't Remember Being a Baby
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