The Nature of Memory

This is a quick note for now to remind myself to look into this fascinating subject more closely.

What do we really remember ? How do we remember ? Why do we remember ?

The enquiry is triggered because I had a moment of sensory remembrance yesterday... I bought a can of 'Diet Pepsi' (TM ?) as I was walking home from work, and the taste of it triggered a momentary sensory flashback to my childhood, a kind of reverse deja vu. In yesterdays moment I found a complete remembrance of a corresponding moment in childhood, because the Pepsi tasted exactly the way it had at that instant in my childhood.

More to follow...