'Time Cells' Discovered in Human Brains

The bike example is interesting because I remember learning how to ride a bike. I remember lots of details which others can confirm. But my perspective is external to my past self and I’m free to meander about in the memory, pause it, etc. It’s not particularly movie-like. I have a difficult time dipping into a first person perspective. And despite the article’s suggestion, even though I remember a spill in some detail (although in that case it’s more like a first-person snapshot than a movie) and although I know there was pain, I don’t remember the pain, just the fact of it. I do remember the feeling of anger and frustration as a result of the fall.

Anyway, anyone who found the article interesting might be interested in Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Anything by Joshua Foer. In the book, Foer talks about his experiences with memory championships and fills that in with information about then-current understanding of human memory.

The place I learned to ride a bike is a place I know very well and I’ve used it as a memory palace. I wonder if doing that has somehow modified the perspective on that particular memory. I certainly have other memories which are episodic. Or maybe it’s just so far back in my past and I’ve reconstructed it enough times that it’s not quite as personal or visceral.

Memory is a crazy thing. What I find particularly interesting is that some people recall memories in first person, and others in third person. Baffling.

huh... I dont have any movie like memories... is this something I should be concerned about?

I guess this is a different thing, but...

When I was a kid I read a book that said if before you go to sleep you think "I will wake up at Xam" (whatever time you want) then you wake up at exactly that time. Which is pretty weird! We can't do that when we're awake. It actually works, and I've never needed an alarm clock. For a few ultra-important days I used one, like catching a plane, but I was always awake before it went off.

I have no idea how it works.

I do it to when I need to wake up early so my body is not "surprised" by the low amount of sleep. Works well I think. Do you calculate how many hours you will sleep ? Maybe the brain set some kind of a timer.