What Is A Memory?
February 16, 2026
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as posted by the channelIn this conversation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, joined by Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, speaks with neuroscientist Dean Buonomano about how the brain stores memory and keeps time. Buonomano explains that memory is not stored like computer data but emerges from changing neural connections and dynamic activity patterns, and that the brain likely tells time through evolving neural trajectories rather than internal clocks or oscillations—placing time at the center of neuroscience, consciousness, free will, and even artificial intelligence.
From 'Your Brain is a Time Machine, with Dean Buonomano'
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