Earliest Memories
Jul. 13th, 2014 01:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThis article is really about why most people don't remember being babies.
It doesn't mention the fact that some people DO remember. But the logical explanation connects to at least one reason for remembering: those of us who come into this life with some memories already in place. Think of it as a scaffold. If you already have some memories, then you press that template into the barely-formed brain of your new body. This makes it easier to attach new memories immediately. The physical plasticity means you'll probably still lose some stuff, but you are way ahead of people who have to start from scratch.
It doesn't mention the fact that some people DO remember. But the logical explanation connects to at least one reason for remembering: those of us who come into this life with some memories already in place. Think of it as a scaffold. If you already have some memories, then you press that template into the barely-formed brain of your new body. This makes it easier to attach new memories immediately. The physical plasticity means you'll probably still lose some stuff, but you are way ahead of people who have to start from scratch.
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Wow!
Date: 2014-07-21 08:33 am (UTC)Yeah, the consensus timespace continuum has no real grip on me either, which is often inconvenient.