Memory jottings

My earliest memories – perhaps later ones too – all have the quality of glimpses of scenes behind a curtain that has been drawn back. Except that I am not a spectator, my whole body remembers, re-experiences.

But not the body I have now?

Each cell has its own memory which is transmitted to its daughters?

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Smells are known to be powerfully evocative. But even a fully sentient, articulate & literate adult cannot find words (in English) adequately to explain to another person how a smell smells

We know the ability to perceive smells is idiosyncratic & personal. If you cannot smell a particular honeysuckle in the first place you cannot remember it

How do we know that very small children subjected to the ‘unique experience’ memory test can even perceive that experimentally controlled ‘experience’

Links

Neuroscience for Kids - Chemical Senses

Behavior: Our Sense of Smell

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