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I think it's all a matter of finding a trigger (or reference) to grab the memory. A therapist talking to you almost certainly wouldn't achieve that, but walking
by strbean 11mo ago
I think it's all a matter of finding a trigger (or reference) to grab the memory. A therapist talking to you almost certainly wouldn't achieve that, but walking down the street and smelling an odd smell might.
- tehjoker 11mo agoI think it depends on the stage of degradation and whether the network is still connected to something that can interpret it.
- rkhassen9 11mo agoI once found a recording of a lab session in high school physics. A day I completely forgot about. A moment that had no bookmarks in my brain. Other things about that day were surfaced. How my braces felt and the fear I felt about forgetting a textbook. All real, but unsurfaced until then.
- t0mas88 11mo agoThat makes sense considering that human memory is strongly based on associations. Activating nearby memories can bring things back. If you hear the first tones or words of a song you're much more likely to be able to tell the lyrics that follow compared to being asked to say those lyrics based on the title.