> saying. Until fairly recently it was seen simply as a neurological
> deficiency - a sign of something gone wrong. But now it has become
> apparent that healthy people confabulate too - the implications of
> which could be profound - not only for witness testimonies but also
> for the way we view the world...more
> =


Not being any neurologist or brain specialist, this corresponds fairly well =

with how I have concluded that the (conscious) memory in the brain works - =
Only =

fragments of an event that we have experienced is saved in memory, much lik=
e =

key frames in an AVI file. Whenever we want to play back the episode the br=
ain =

picks out the key frames and fills in the gaps. The event is more or less =

reconstructed based on the key frames and how the brain "thinks" it should =
be =

based on previous experiences. This takes place a couple of layers below th=
e =

consciousness so we think that everything happened exactly as we "see" it. =
The =

more we reconstruct the event in our minds, the more real it seems and poss=
ibly =

more key frames are "saved" based not only on the real event but also on th=
e =

"made up" reconstruction.

This is not a fact, just my view on it...

/Ruben

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Ruben J=F6nsson
AB Liros Electronic
Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden
TEL INT +46 40142078
FAX INT +46 40947388
ruben@pp.sbbs.se
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

-- =

http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist