Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,2 mins

Can my memory ever be as accurate as a photograph?

CrowdScience

Available for over a year

Professor Craig Stark from University California Irvine explains that due to the biology of our eyes, our memories can never be as accurate as a photograph. However, some people do have better memories than others and our level of familiarity or expertise with what we are looking at can affect our ability to remember, and how accurate that memory will be.

Programme Website
More episodes