How to pronounce "lasting"

Here's an example that will probably feel familiar.

I often drive from Boston to Cape Cod.

About an hour into this trip I cross the Sagamore Bridge,

a really big, four-lane, cannot-miss-it structure.

And then about 10 miles and a mere 10 minutes later,

I'll suddenly wonder, wait,

did I already go over the bridge?

I can't recall going over the bridge

because that memory was never created in the first place.

It's not enough for my senses to perceive information.

My brain can't consolidate any sensory information into a lasting memory

without the neural input of attention.

So because I've driven over that bridge countless times

and because I was probably lost in thought or listening to an audio book,

so my attention pulled elsewhere,

the experience of driving over it slipped out of my brain within seconds,

gone without a trace.

The number one reason for forgetting what someone said,

the name of a person you just met,

where you parked your car

and whether you already drove over a really big bridge