Exosomatic memory

Exosomatic memory is the recording of memories outside the brain. The earliest forms of symbolic behavior—scratching marks on bones—seem to be intended as exosomatic memory. However it was the invention of writing that allowed complex memories to be recorded.

A more narrow meaning of exosomatic memory is a computerized information system that interfaces directly with the brain and functions as an extension of the user memory. Such systems have been used as plot devices in numerous science fiction stories, especially among the cyberpunk genre. More recently, as scientific knowledge of neurology improves, some such as Gregory B. Newby^[1] are suggesting that such a device may be possible.

References

↑ "INLS 302: Newby on Cognitive Space".

Human memory

Basic concepts

Types

Sensory	Echoic Eidetic Eyewitness Iconic Motor learning Visual

Short-term	"The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" Working memory

Intermediate

Long-term	Active recall Autobiographical Declarative Episodic Explicit Flashbulb Hyperthymesia Implicit Meaningful learning Personal-event Procedural Rote learning Selective retention Semantic Tip of the tongue

Forgetting

Memory errors

Research

In society

Exosomatic memory

See also

References