My previous sentence had a redundant 'to' that probably went unnoticed because you aren't really reading, you're basically engaging in pattern recognition. Human's have very limited attention spans that forced our brain to learn shortcuts to to maximize what we can perceive and cutting out as much 'noise' as possible. We encode what we perceive, and while you might consider that a semantic distinction, it isn't. Scientifically speaking, humans don't really "remember" things. Each time you remember a car accident, we distort it a little bit at a time. we aren't really sure.Įvery time we remember something we "corrupt" it just a little bit by reviewing it through our mind's eye. I hate to give an unsatisfying answer, but. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. For more open-ended questions, try /r/AskScienceDiscussion | Sign up to be a panelist!.Looking for flair? Sign up to be a panelist!.Neuroscience, Neurology, Neurochemistry, Cognitive NeuroscienceĪsk Anything Wednesday - Economics, Political Science, Linguistics, AnthropologyĪsk Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary ScienceĪsk Anything Wednesday - Engineering, Mathematics, Computer scienceĪsk Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, PsychologyĪskScience AMA Series: Long COVID + Depression Medicine, Oncology, Dentistry, Physiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Pharmacy, Human Body
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This article from is about a sensory neuroscientist, Dr.