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'It's kind of the holy grail of what is memory': Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it


Steve Ramirez, a neuroscientist and author of "How to Change a Memory," tells editor Hannah Osborne about the science and ethics of memory manipulation, and the incredible power of our brains to recall our past.

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