61. Fourteen Flashbulb Food Memories

Send us Fan Mail This podcast treats a phenomenon that has always intrigued me: human memory, which is a gift thatt differentiates us from other life forms. The most enduring type of memory is called the “flashbulb memory”, using photography as a metaphor to highlight its enduring nature. Memories of food, perhaps our greatest passion, entrain five sensory aspects: taste, aroma, texture, vision, and sound. And it is these five senses combined with emotions that...