An interesting study providing more evidence for the computational theory of mind. Confirming what neurocomputational theorists have long suspected, researchers report that the human brain locks down episodic memories in the hippocampus, committing each recollection to a distinct, distributed fraction of individual cells. via How our brains store recent memories, cell by single cell -- … Continue reading How our brains store recent memories, cell by single cell — ScienceDaily
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Memories of memories of memories…
Virginia Hughes has an article at National Geographic talking about the possibility of using electrical shocks to erase memories. The shocks depend on upon the fact that every time we recall a memory, we essentially rewrite it. Due to this constant rewriting, I'm not even sure it's accurate to say we have long term memories, … Continue reading Memories of memories of memories…