Casting about for a topic for this month's post, I happened to hear the latest episode of Curious Cases on BBC Sounds. It's a lightweight science show where listeners send in their questions. This week's was on the subject of memory, specifically could it ever be possible to take a memory from one person's head and transplant it into another person's.
There's already a way to do that, I wanted to say. It's called writing. It's not quite the same thing, but as a way of storing and transferring memories, it's pretty efficient.
The discussion led to a lot of interesting questions about the relationship between memory and imagination and the way we remember the gist of an event and fill in the details with created details. Which seems to be exactly what happens when someone reads.
Anyway, it's an interesting programme and well worth a listen. Enjoy the sunshine while it lasts!
Claire
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