Memory

The film we watched in class made me realize a lot of interesting facts about memory and its functions and why it was so important. Memory plays a really important part not only to remember events or things but also in our everyday life. We usually believe that memory’s only use is to remember things but we are wrong, memory also contributes to our personality as a whole. Remembering is a simple thing we do without even thinking about it, it’s like breathing; we don’t even realize this shapes who we are. For example, our memory affects the decisions we take by taking past experiences and placing them in our lives. Brain cells are connected and respond to the situations we are in. Another example of how memory shapes identity is in the video. John’s lifestyle, a sad lonely life, which explains how premature births are dangerous to the memory circuit. It can be damaged causing the individual to have amnesia. Amnesia makes the person forget about the past, this also makes them unable to create new experiences and imagine a future. Memory is very important for us to function daily depending on the ability to remember and retain things.