Eli5: Are memories something physical inside my brain, like something written on a Hard Drive or ink on a piece of paper?

Question

Eli5: Are memories something physical inside my brain, like something written on a Hard Drive or ink on a piece of paper?

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Answer 1

Yes, they are physical.

No, they are not like written on a hard drive or a piece of paper. Rather, they are connections between neurons, sorta like reorganizing the strands of the paper so the dots on a sheet looks like a different message (Massive oversimplification = not really how it works).