DESCRIPTION – Two cognitive experts decipher this concept of “central memory,” which has been massively shared on TikTok..
On TikTok, you may have seen videos of children jumping into puddles or running across a field under the sunset to soft, dramatic music. Posted under the hashtag “main memory” (meaning “central memory”), these nostalgic videos have garnered more than 3 billion views. The trend is inspired by the animated film The opposite , released in 2015, in which five personified emotions (fear, anger, joy, sadness, and disgust) rule the life of a little girl. Following the same scheme, “core memories” would be the five core memories of our personal history that would define our personality, our behavior, and even our identity.
Given the magnitude of the trend, two Australian scientists decided to separate the true from the false in an article published on the site on October 17. The conversationand transferred Slate.
Main memory does not exist
“The concept of central memory ‘doesn’t exist,'” Celia Harris, a researcher who specializes in…
Source: Le Figaro
