A New Understanding of Memory
Among other things, the experiments outlined here shine some light
on the little understood process of memory.
Memories, it seems, are not
actually lost when forgotten. What is lost is access to the memory.
Think of a secluded pool deep in the jungle, accessible by a single path
cut through the forest.
One morning you find the jungle has taken back
the path; the trail is completely grown over and there is no indication
that it was ever there.
The pool still exists, but you can no longer get
there. This in itself prompts some interesting considerations
concerning our understanding of memory disorders including certain
dementia. If memories are in fact like the pool, then creating a new
neural path to a lost memory can recover that memory.
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