tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post4244445566002152257..comments2023-05-13T06:25:38.107-08:00Comments on Our Third Thirds: When a memory disappears, where does it go?CloudyinAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-85950760194760363992015-10-17T07:31:19.513-08:002015-10-17T07:31:19.513-08:00My mother referred to the toilet as the "pot....My mother referred to the toilet as the "pot." And I could see a fee memories going there!Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170697173988621759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-61992302361875798702015-10-14T11:41:13.700-08:002015-10-14T11:41:13.700-08:00Nice piece. I have experienced much of this with m...Nice piece. I have experienced much of this with my mother. Like you, I have observed that old memories can lie dormant until triggered, but when dementia sets in they can be erased forever. I have often wondered how this works.<br /><br />I recently saw a picture that triggered a memory that I haven't thought about for 60 years, yet there it was. It wasn't even something significant - just a trivial fact, really. (We moved into an apartment when I was I was 5 and lived there for 3 years. I remember the apartment, but I had "forgotten" that before we occupied it, some close friends of my family had lived there. Seeing a picture - on Facebook! - of their children, standing in front of the apartment, triggered the memory.)<br /><br />Why do we remember language, or how to walk, after we have forgotten our family? It seems that eventually these abilities are lost, too, but different types of memories seem to persist longer. <br /><br />I also wonder about what a memory is. Does it have a physical form? Is it electrical? Chemical? Maybe I will look this up and see what the experts think.The Noodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931727195407264781noreply@blogger.com