robb

Jun 12, 2006 03:32

Memories get rewritten every time they're activated, through a process called reconsolidation. Simply put, the very act of recalling a stored memory erases it from storage and to preserve it, it must be stored anew. Instead of simply recalling a memory that had been forged days or months ago, the brain is forging it all over again, in a new ( Read more... )

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xcherryjonesx June 12 2006, 11:48:28 UTC
this is an entry that was kept private until it's repost, RIGHT NOW, while i'm on the phone with robb. i was meaning to continue this post with something clever yet subtle, something to make you think about on those nights when you can't sleep. but sometimes things are better left the way they are...

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xcherryjonesx June 12 2006, 11:51:25 UTC
PS. what does this say about truth? and honesty? is it an illusion?

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theta_sigma June 12 2006, 14:37:52 UTC
Nostalgia is the only truth...

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Thought wang_ninja June 12 2006, 16:03:39 UTC
Excellent thought.

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frutoftheshroom June 14 2006, 10:39:41 UTC
We were discussing this the other day... or was it someone else I was talking with?

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