Memory

*(s)mer- (1) "to remember"
Memory is the thing within which impressions are stored, but storing memories or storing within memory is called memorisation or recording; while the recall of what is stored is called remembering, retrieval, or recall.
The most commonly referenced memory among humans is human memory—although external memory has been on the increase for the past 5.000 years, and especially the past 600. Merlin Donald once spoke of the evolution and invention of the Mind as 
distinct evolutionary stages of episodic, mimetic, mythic, and 
symbolic-theoretic systems of memory.
Fundamental character for ancient Greeks. In Rome, the art of memory was developed for utilitarian purposes. Memory is as basis of knowledge and consists of images. The Middle Ages revealed themselves in the Trivium and Quadrivium.
Mnemé (memory) mnema (monument to remember) mnemeion (reminiscence) lethomai (I forget), the diversity of terms relating to memory attests the fundamental character it had for ancient Greeks (Lieury 2013, p. 10). The invention of the first memory technique is attributed to Simonides of Ceos, a poet of the fifth century B.C. (−556, −467). Legend has it that Simonides was the only survivor of the collapse of a banquet hall and had to remember where the guests were seated to identify them. He deduced the famous “method of loci,” which consists in memorizing the objects in the form of images and arranging them mentally in places (Fig.3.1). According to Plato (−427, −347), memory is an innate knowledge and not a conservation of lived experiences. Any evocation is a reminiscence of the soul. By stating that “memory is from the past,”Aristotle drew attention to the temporal aspect of memory phenomena.
Changing memory
"The idea that memory is stored as enduring changes in the brain dates back at least to the time of Plato and Aristotle (circa 350 BCE), but its scientific articulation emerged in the 20th century when Richard Semon introduced the term “engram” to describe the neural substrate for storing and recalling memories".Science. 2020 Jan 3, Josselyn et al.
== Media ==
Christian Lexcellent «Human Memory and Material Memory»
== Rhizomata ==
Intelligence; Human intelligence; Thought
Recognition; Recall; Memory recall; Memory retrieval
Category:Psychology