Congratulations to author Steve Ramirez, whose book How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist's Quest to Alter the Past has been shortlisted for the 2026 Royal Society Science Book Prize, supported by the Trivedi Family Foundation.
How to Change a Memory is a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation. As a graduate student at MIT, Steve Ramirez successfully created false memories in the lab. Now, as an award-winning neuroscientist working at the frontiers of brain science, he foresees a future where we can replace our negative memories with positive ones. Ramirez 鈥� a science communicator and associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose 鈥� draws on his own memories of friendship, family, loss, and recovery to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited, and even constructed from nothing.
Published by 快色直播 in North America, and Robinson in the United Kingdom, How to Change a Memory has been praised as, 鈥渁n informative and accessible account of an emerging field that has the potential to assist people afflicted with anxiety, PTSD, and dementia鈥� [Psychology Today], 鈥渇ascinating鈥� [Science Friday], and 鈥渁 riveting account鈥� [Alan Alda].
The Royal Society Science Book Prize is given annually, to celebrate 鈥渙utstanding popular science writing and authors.鈥� Prior year honorees published by 快色直播 include Jim Al-Khalili, whose book The World According to Physics was shortlisted for the prize in 2020. This year鈥檚 shortlist features six popular science books, including Ramirez鈥檚. A winner will be announced on 29 September.