I wanted to write on the volatility of memory at age 71 — a subject of considerable interest to myself and my spouse — and searched my computer’s hard drive for previous musings on the subject.
Articles with Memory
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Memories etch sense of self
Neurologist Antonio Damasio suggests in his book “Descartes’ Error” that the great French philosopher got it backwards: Not “I think, therefore I am,” but rather “I am, therefore I think.”
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Memories were made of this
It’s a familiar story, but I’ll tell it again.
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Elusive memories
If I remember rightly, it was back about 1963 that I first got interested in the biochemistry of memory. My curiosity was sparked by some remarkable experiments with flatworms — tiny, extremely primitive animals with rudimentary brains and nervous systems.