Memory Adaptation Quotes

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

Memory loss is one way of coping with damage.

You can't trust your memory. You change it to suit yourself.

Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and, at that same point, it is susceptible to new changes and adaptations.

Memory is not frozen, it's very much alive, it moves, it changes.

The mammalian brain evolved exquisite place memory because that was essential for survival. This is why squirrels have such a good memory for where they buried their nuts.

Time heals nothing, it merely rearranges our memory.

Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and at that same point it is susceptible to new changes and adaptations. So, you know, if you remember from when you were, you know, in second grade and there was Christmas and you got a present from your grandfather and your mom was wearing a red dress, that may or may not all have happened.