Scientists at the University of Oslo studying the brain have a new theory that daydreaming is important to memory storage. They found that the hippocampus uses daydreaming to move memories from short-term to long-term storage, allowing us to hold onto memories – the same way that sleep-dreaming does. This happens throughout the day in fractions …
Two monks were walking along the road. They had taken a daylight vow of silence and a continuous vow of chastity that prevented them from even touching a woman. About midday, they reached a muddy river and there, gazing out across the river was a woman in her finest clothing and best shoes. The elder …
Over the last few posts I’ve been writing about the experience of change that my Mom has been going through. As I mentioned in my last post, she caught me writing about her and suggested a couple of topics that would fit in with the theme. Bigger Is Not Better The first topic is the …
Are you a fan of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock? In several episodes, he mentions in passing his Memory Palace. In each episode, we see him scrolling through a virtual screen of memories, reorganizing them, putting them together in different ways until the solution finally comes to him, seemingly out of nowhere. I thought the “Memory Palace” …
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