Henner, the actress perhaps best-known for her role on the classic TV show Taxi, spent the afternoon of February 24 on campus while filming a documentary with Ranganath, a professor of psychology and a leading expert on memory. Henner is one of fewer than 70 people worldwide who have been identified to have highly superior autobiographical memory, or HSAM.

Welcome to Books of the Month, where once a month, we select works from our Bookshelf of authors within the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. January is often a time for self-reflection and goal setting, so this month’s list features books that touch on both. 

Psychologist and neuroscientist Charan Ranganath’s bestselling new book, "Why We Remember," combines the latest research from his field with his own personal experiences to share how memory actually works and the role it plays in our daily lives.