Why we remember: One student's journey into memory
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An old photo captures the two kings, one at the beginning of his life, the other nearing the end of his. But Amit didn't know his father had taken the picture until he began working on his podcast.

This memory has outlasted so many others, Amit says, even though nothing really happens.

"I don't remember what we talked about, but I remember the salt on the fries, the energy of the room and the way his crown sat slightly crooked on his head." Amit says in the podcast that he started wondering, "Why does my brain let go of a math lecture from yesterday but hold onto a paper crown from a decade ago?"

In his seven-minute audio story , Amit offers a few different answers. "It turns out, memory isn't a filing cabinet. It's more like a construction site. And the foreman of that site is the amygdala."

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