The Emergence Machine

Memory

abstract · Cognition · Level 6 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The capacity of an organism to encode, store, and retrieve information through neural or other biological mechanisms, enabling recall and learning, which relies on the sequencing of events over time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “memory” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “memory”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
memory
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0MemoryPerceptionOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBuffer OverflowL7CacheL7EncodingL7LearningL7Memory CognitiveL7MemoryL6TimeL0PerceptionL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Time L0 (requires)
    Memory inherently involves the passage of time - storing something from a past moment to recall later
  • Perception L5 (requires)
    Memory is the retention of perceived information over time

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