“The Learning Brain” S:1 E:8 Controversies in Explicit Learning Research

S:1 E:8 Controversies in Explicit Learning Research To wrap up the course’s section on conscious, explicit learning, Professor Polk delivers an enticing “myth-busting” talk about controversial topics in the field. Do people repress traumatic memories and can such repressed memories later re-emerge? Professor Polk cuts through the hype and lays out the actual scientific findings related to each of these controversies.