From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Fri 30 May 2003 - 18:18:46 GMT
> Recalled from what?
>
> Lawry
>
From the morphically resonant woo-woo zone, of course! ;~)
>
> > Though the author himself doesn't seem to realize it, the
> > evidence discussed
> > in this article abolishes the notion that the brain alone is
> > responsible for
> > memory. Every time we recall something, the relevant memory trace
> > in the brain is completely erased and then "reconstituted" from
> > scratch.
> > If memory
> > is nothing more than stored information in the brain, there would be
> > no way of recreating the memory once it's been erased. The only
> > explanation is that we literally recall the past (often making
> > mistakes in the process) enabling us to reconstruct the memory after
> > the neural trace has been destroyed. Memory must be taken at face
> > value-- as a recollection of the past-- rather than simply the
> > retrieval of information from cerebral vaults. We may regard neural
> > traces as pointers to memories rather than the memories themselves.
> >
> > --TD
> >
>
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