Why do we retain memories if all of our cells replace themselves after a small amount of years?
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Because it’s not the cell that hold the memory it’s the pattern the neuron (cell that basically let you think) is in so as long as the new cell is in the same place as the last then it won’t affect your memory.
A memory is basically a combination of neuron patterns like one for the way an experience smelt and one for the way it looked and one for the way you felt and so forth. This is why smelling or feeling something can trigger a memory that you couldn’t just recall at will.
The patterns that form smell, touch, sight and so forth all link up and so you remember a situation in detail. Your brain puts all the puzzle pieces that it thinks relate together even through on their own they don’t make any sense.
This is why when you remember something it’s very likely that there’s a detail you swear happened but it didn’t actually happen, same as when someone else who was there swears it didn’t happen even through you can remember it so clearly. Your brain isn’t perfect so it can add things that weren’t actually in the original memory into it because they were similar enough to be put there.
I hope this was simple enough well also explaining your question and potential questions
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