Memory and Knowledge
Abstract
What is called a ‘memory’ is not a ‘stored’ past event that is retrieved from a static store of memories. A ‘memory’ is a partial simulation activated by a neuronal group, which is then ‘filled in’ by existing fixed circuitry that happens to be activated at that time, [and] which may have changed significantly since the ‘remembered’ event.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Memory Processes and Influences
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 161–181
- Publication date
- 12 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter