What is the evolutionary value of memory? Does answering this question suggest anything about what memories we might be most likely to hold onto?
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प्रेम,सौहार्द,हर्ष,उल्लास,यश,
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✨कमल सिंह✨
कीर्ति,विजय,गौरव,ज्ञान,गर्व
जैसे प्राकृतिक रंगों से ईश्वर
आपका जीवन परिपूर्ण करें।
रंगोत्सव की हार्दिक बधाई।
आपका मित्र/भाई/शुभचिंतक
✨कमल सिंह✨
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Sorry, this was not helpful. You are stating the evolution of knowledge about memory, not the evolutionary value of memory. I really liked how you answered in such a formal style, however it was not helpful. Hope you will look over it.
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like all biological traits, human memory reflects a long evolutionary history, most of it shared with other animals. Yet, with rare exceptions, evolution has either been overlooked in discussions of memory or treated in an outdated way. As a result, a simple idea about the cerebral cortex has reigned for more than a century: that its various areas specialize in functions characterized as memory, perception, the control of movement, or executive control (mainly decision-making). By taking a contemporary view of brain evolution into account, however, it’s clear that the brain simply doesn’t work this way.
Instead, evolution has led to different parts of the cortex specializing in distinct kinds of neural representations, many of which evolved during major evolutionary transitions. Representations, in this sense, correspond to the information processed and stored by a network of neurons, and they underpin our memories as well as our ability to perceive the world and control our actions.
Several representational systems built up during evolution, with each new system adding to those inherited from earlier ancestors. These systems arose for the same fundamental reason: to transcend problems and exploit opportunities encountered by specific ancestors at particular times and places in the distant past. In effect, modern memory emerged via evolutionary accretion.
Instead, evolution has led to different parts of the cortex specializing in distinct kinds of neural representations, many of which evolved during major evolutionary transitions. Representations, in this sense, correspond to the information processed and stored by a network of neurons, and they underpin our memories as well as our ability to perceive the world and control our actions.
Several representational systems built up during evolution, with each new system adding to those inherited from earlier ancestors. These systems arose for the same fundamental reason: to transcend problems and exploit opportunities encountered by specific ancestors at particular times and places in the distant past. In effect, modern memory emerged via evolutionary accretion.
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