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How does one study memory? How do we use it to reconstruct the past in stories, memoir, and dramatic work? Playwright and Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence Sarah Ruhl in dialogue with Daphna Shohamy, Neuroscience, and Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita Carol Becker. Introduced by Brian Kulick, Chair of the MFA Theatre Program.

Image caption: Brain scans like these helped scientists classify how study participants made decisions.
Image credit: Jonathan Nicholas / Shohamy Lab / Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute