Episodic Memory

[u/Neurological_7683]

Hello everyone, how are you? As promised in my previous post, I'll be talking about memory.

My theory states that the brain doesn't just remember information; rather, when recalling, it recreates all the biological and vital processes involved in that particular memory. The brain copies all the information, such as visual perception, hearing, and the hormones responsible for emotions.

You'll understand why I mentioned this at the end, as I remember a memory of myself when I was two years old, and now I'm 21. I chose this age because memory is somewhat weak in childhood.

The important thing is that in that memory, I remember what I saw visually at the time, like my face and the surroundings. It's similar to seeing from a third-party perspective, but not because the scene changed, and the angle of vision shifted when I moved my face. I also remember what I heard, but not only that, I remember my thoughts and analyses at that time. Even more strangely, I saw the memories I had at that moment.

These things aren't unique to this memory; they operate on the same principle in all my memories.

This is what leads me to say that the brain doesn't just store information, but also all the vital processes involved. When retrieving them, it retrieves them in the same way. I've read about this theory before, and it explains what It's happening to me. In my next post, I'll talk about my ability to mimic people's personalities.

[u/Der_Kommissar73]

Cool story, bro.

[u/Neurological_7683 → u/Der_Kommissar73]

This isn't a story for entertainment, my friend.

[u/Der_Kommissar73 → u/Neurological_7683]

This story is no more than entertainment for yourself. With the advent of LLMs we’ve been bombarded with low effort, long winded posts about “discoveries” people with little or no formal training have made because interacting with an LLM has increased their confidence in their thoughts. You should be posting in a philosophy sub, or pointing people to your podcast if you’re bot going to involve any peer reviewed research.

[u/KamiNoItte → u/Neurological_7683]

Then what, precisely, is it for?

Be specific. Show your work.

[u/KamiNoItte]

This is cogSCI

Where are your references? What’s your hypothesis, and what’s your experimental protocol to test it? What are your potential next steps after your first experiment?

Otherwise, yes this is some story, and as you say, not all that original.

So, what’s your point?

This seems like the wrong sub; should go instead into some “I had this data-free idea” sub. Not a science one.