Congratulations to author Steve Ramirez, whose book How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist鈥�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鈥攁 science communicator and associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose鈥攄raws 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.