Everything was a memory of a memory each recollection fires neurons that rewrite the file, suggesting that the more you remember something, the more you degrade it memory is a copy of a copy of a copy increasingly blurry, susceptible to distortions. The first time I fully realized -- a copy of a copy -- was when I kept re-telling the story of my first memory in life: I am four, standing behind my father at the entrance to an apartment.
Episodic & Semantic Memory
Episodic & Semantic Memory
Episodic & Semantic Memory
Everything was a memory of a memory each recollection fires neurons that rewrite the file, suggesting that the more you remember something, the more you degrade it memory is a copy of a copy of a copy increasingly blurry, susceptible to distortions. The first time I fully realized -- a copy of a copy -- was when I kept re-telling the story of my first memory in life: I am four, standing behind my father at the entrance to an apartment.