One thing we love covering on Science Today is anything and everything to do with the human brain – how it develops, how it works and of course, what happens when things go wrong.

A while ago, we interviewed neuroscientist Steve Finkbeiner of UC San Francisco about his work studying the brain’s role in learning, memory and neurodegeneration. It was a great conversation, but we took advantage of the opportunity to ask him some basic questions about memory. Here’s that memorable conversation.