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Do animals have their own version of flashbulb memories, fur real?
Flashbulb memories are a hooman psychological phenomenon. We can't exactly go around asking our dogs and cats if they remember getting their first toy or seeing their babies walk for the first time. If you can, you should audition for America's Got Talent or something. But for now, we're limited to what we can study, which is the workings of their brains during scientific expurriments.
What scientists have found is that a few animal species do have something called “episodic-like memory," meaning that they can remember details about specific past events. This could be something like what happened, where it happened, and pawssibly when it happened. It makes sense, right? More emotion leads to higher brain activity, leads to a stronger memory.
Can we prove that this mama cat will spend the rest of her life remembering the first time her kitten walked? No, but cats and other pets aren't meant to store long-term memories. They live in the meowment, and that's something we should all do a little bit more!
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We are basically a collection of all the things we remember
One of the coolest things I learned about while studying Psychology was the process of memory-making. I also learned firsthand about how much memories affect who we are when my grandfather started being affected more and more by Alzheimer's.
Our memories help build the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. I remember being a straight-A student and loving to learn. Unfortunately, I also still remember that embarrassing thing I said in 7th grade that my brain loves to replay over and over again before I go to bed every night. All of these things affect my sense of identity and make me who I am today. Yes, even the embarrassing ones.
When my grandfather started losing his memories from Alzheimer's, it really felt like he started losing parts of himself. He often forgot where he was, who we, his family were, and the decline from grandfather to stranger happened much faster than I ever thought possible.
Not every important memory needs fireworks behind it, but the ones that do make up the foundation of who we are as hoomans. So hold on to your memories, they're way more impurrtant than most people think!
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