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Young Learners

How Your Brain Makes Memories

Iris Fennimore · narrated by Duncan Winslow

2026

3h 50m
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Your brain is a detective agency where electric mail carriers race through secret tunnels, passing chemical notes from one spy to the next. Every time you remember your best friend's laugh or your favorite breakfast, a tiny librarian in your hippocampus is filing it away. Iris Fennimore turns neuroscience into a mission kids can actually picture, with each chapter building the next like puzzle pieces snapping together. Duncan Winslow reads it like a friendly guide showing you hidden doors in a house you thought you knew, clear enough for curious eight-year-olds but never talking down. Good for bedtime learners and classroom daydreamers alike.

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17 chapters

  1. 1Before We Start3m
  2. 2Chapter 1: The Memory Detectives15m
  3. 3Chapter 2: Neurons: The Brain's Mail Carriers17m
  4. 4Chapter 3: The Electricity of a Thought20m
  5. 5Chapter 4: Chemical Handshakes18m
  6. 6Chapter 5: Short-Term: The Brain's Sticky Note16m
  7. 7Chapter 6: The Hippocampus: Memory's Librarian15m
  8. 8Chapter 7: Moving Day: From Temporary to Permanent17m
  9. 9Chapter 8: Emotions: Memory's Highlighter17m
  10. 10Chapter 9: The Memory Palace of London14m
  11. 11Chapter 10: Forgetting: The Brain's Helpful Eraser16m
  12. 12Chapter 11: False Memories: When the Brain Fills in Gaps15m
  13. 13Chapter 12: Smells, Songs, and Sudden Time Travel17m
  14. 14Chapter 13: Building Better Memories11m
  15. 15Chapter 14: The Warmest Network16m
  16. 16About Iris Fennimore1m
  17. 17The Rest of the Work1m
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