On TikTok, you may have seen videos of kids jumping in puddles or running through a field under a sunset, all set to soft, dramatic music.
Published under the hashtag "core memory" (understand "central memory"), these nostalgic videos have accumulated more than 3 billion views.
The trend is inspired by the 2015 animated film
Vice Versa
, where five personified emotions (fear, anger, joy, sadness and disgust) rule a little girl's life.
Following the same scheme, the “core memories” would be five major memories of our personal history, which would define our personality, our behaviors and even our identity.
In view of the extent of the trend, two Australian scientists decided to disentangle the true from the false in an article published on October 17 on the site
The Conversation
, and relayed by
Slate
.
Main memory does not exist
"The concept of" central memory "does not exist", immediately assert Celia Harris, researcher specializing in…
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