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Do you have a question for a scientist featured in the latest episode of FRONTIERS? Here's your chance to stand in Alan Alda's shoes. Click on a scientist's name below to read a brief bio and to e-mail your question. A selection of answers will be posted online.

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Meike Verfaillie   Studies how the hippocampus organize details of an experience-sights, sounds, smells and feelings-so when recalled, an event can be remembered as a complete memory in "Yesterday's Gone"
Frank Felberbaum   A memory recall specialist who has his brain tested to see how well he can store and recall face-name pairs in "Never Forget a Face"
James McGaugh   Explains why we store emotional memories more indelibly than mundane ones in "Why Memories Last"
Elizabeth Loftus   Studies how we create false memories in "When Memory Lies."
Gary Small   Prescribes brain exercises to keep our brains healthy in "Keeping Old Brains Young."

 


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