The Psychology of Severance | Who You Are... Without Memory

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at Help me make more videos! Support this channel: Leave a One-Time Donation: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: About this video essay: A spoiler-free analysis of the show Severance, and several other pieces of media, that explores how our memory really works, how it relates to our identity and sense of self, and who we would be without it. Chapters: 0:00 Prologue 1:10 Identity without Memory? 4:44 Episodic Memory 6:14 Semantic Memory 7:41 Interrelations 9:09 Explicit and Implicit Memory 9:18 Procedural Memory 10:21 Priming 13:16 Complicating factors 14:15 Identity beyond Memory 15:53 Nature Versus Nurture 18:23 Relating Ourselves to Ourselves 20:30 Cosmic Memories Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: 10 Books that changed my life: 10 More books that inspired my thinking: My Camera Gear: Media included: A Beautiful Mind; A Fantastic Woman; Beautiful Boy; Big Little Lies; Blade Runner 2049; Brokeback Mountain; Dead Poets Society; Devs; Dopesick; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Her; Inception; Knight of Cups; Memento; Moonlight; Paterson; Pig; Ratatouille; Severance; The Bourne Identity; The Matrix 4: Resurrections; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Voyage of Time Business inquiries: lsoo@ Say hi: likestoriesofold@ Music: Lights & Motion – Ghost of You Dexter Britain – Time to Run (original piano) Greg Thomas – Form Dexter Britain – Dream Array Dexter Britain – Voices in the Wind Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: