Do memories occupy a physical space in the brain?

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Do memories occupy a physical space in the brain?

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Logically they do. However it is very hard to identify which neurons take part in which memory. The closest thing we have is the experiences of people who have suffered brain damage in the regions most associated with memory. These are people who have had parts of their brains destroyed. And they often report that various random bits of memory which you would otherwise expect be intact is just gone.