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Facts you read, hear, or study become memories through a process with three main steps.
In order to become lasting memories, these sensory experiences have to be consolidated by the hippocampus, influenced by the amygdala, which emphasizes experiences associated with strong emotions.
The hippocampus then encodes memories, probably by strengthening the synaptic connections stimulated during the original sensory experience.
And the weeks, months, or even years of sustained corticosteroids that result from chronic stress can damage the hippocampus and decrease your ability to form new memories.
There are more genes expressed that are known to be involved in the formation of new memories.
And they will have been helpful to add time to our memory and they will help differentiate very similar memories, like: how do you find your bike that you park at the station every day in the same area, but in a slightly different position?
How could we implant those memories back in?
In fact, all the extra hooks endow synesthetes with superior memories.
We don't remember every single detail of our past because our brains have a limited capacity and we replace useless memories, like middle school locker combinations, with relevant information.
According to the theory, this is because memories are stored in the form of holograms, and in holograms, you only need one fragment to see the whole picture.
It turns out that being in a securely attached relationship to another person in your 80s is protective, that the people who are in relationships where they really feel they can count on the other person in times of need, those people's memories stay sharper longer.
Some of our octogenarian couples could bicker with each other day in and day out, but as long as they felt that they could really count on the other when the going got tough, those arguments didn't take a toll on their memories.
But smell, because it evolved before most of your other senses, takes a direct route to these different regions of the brain, where it can trigger your fight-or-flight response, help you recall memories, or make your mouth water.
Besides losing most of his memories from the previous decade, H.M. was unable to form new ones, forgetting what day it was, repeating comments, and even eating multiple meals in a row.
One of Milner's findings shed light on the obvious fact that although H.M. couldn't form new memories, he still retained information long enough from moment to moment to finish a sentence or find the bathroom.
And why do memories eventually fade?
Let's look at how memories form in the first place.
This process, called long term potentiation, is considered to be a mechanism by which memories are stored long-term, but how do some memories get lost?
As we get older, synapses begin to falter and weaken, affecting how easily we can retrieve memories.
Dwelling on sad events in the past, another symptom of depression, makes it difficult to pay attention to the present, affecting the ability to store short-term memories.
There are several steps you can take to aid your brain in preserving your memories.
Exposing your brain to challenges, like learning a new language, is one of the best defenses for keeping your memories intact.
And as levels of cortisol rise, electric signals in your hippocampus, the part of the brain associated with learning, memories, and stress control, deteriorate.
The continual activation theory proposes that your dreams result from your brain's need to constantly consolidate and create long-term memories in order to function properly.
And how do the tiny cells in your brain give rise to the complex thoughts, memories, and consciousness that are you?
In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future.
You were unconscious, but you also couldn't move, form memories, or, hopefully, feel pain.
And with that you can bring back parts of people's memories and personalities.
And I think we all have memories of the famous pop groups who keep singing the same songs again and again, until they become obsolete or even pathetic.
Imagine that you invented a device that can record my memories, my dreams, my ideas, and transmit them to your brain.
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