Why do we retain memories if all of our cells replace themselves after a small amount of years?
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I think other answers are good but just to clear up another misconception: I don’t think we have a great understanding of how memories are stored, but we have moved past the idea that memories are stored in individual biological memory units. There is a name for this theory but I can’t remember it.
I personally believe brain cells don’t store information but they store electrical pattern codes and certain patterns are recognized as one particular memory or theme. This is not exactly backed by a ton of real science tho, I just think it’s a better framework to think through than nothing at all.
Also brain cells live a v long time compared to the rest of ur body.
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