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disclaimer, what I'm about to say is just vague recollection of content that had already been pre-digested into layperson science news. There's probably a ton o
by IIAOPSW 4y ago
disclaimer, what I'm about to say is just vague recollection of content that had already been pre-digested into layperson science news. There's probably a ton of loss in this signal.
From what I understand, memory cells literally reproduce the original brain signal just as if it were coming from outside stimulus. Like playing the brain waves off a tape recorder.
- badRNG 4y ago>From what I understand, memory cells literally reproduce the original brain signal just as if it were coming from outside stimulus. Like playing the brain waves off a tape recorder. I can't recall pictures of events that happened yesterday with anything resembling what it was like to be there and experience seeing the events in person. I can construct images of what things might've looked like, but the creative process of recalling that memory feels awfully different than experiencing events in real time.
- mattkrause 4y agoEh....Nobody really knows how memory works. There is certainly some evidence for "replay", but it's generally thought to be involved in "writing" it into longer-term storage rather than the storage mechanism per se. OTOH, there are some cool results with Hopfield-like networks where applying part of a pattern (somehow) cues the brain (or network) to produce the rest of it.