DWQA Questions › Tag: memory tracesFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesRupert Sheldrake observes in criticizing the widely accepted but unproven hypothesis there are memory traces in the brain aiding memory retrieval, that the memory trace must have a memory itself to know what to look for. How does consciousness know where to look, to retrieve relevant memories?ClosedNicola asked 6 months ago • Non-Local Consciousness120 views0 answers0 votesThere are numerous examples among animals and even lower life forms, that learning a task helps other members of the same species start learning that task more quickly. In humans, test scores like IQ measurements, have improved steadily over time without a convincing explanation and is called the Flynn effect, after its discoverer. The term morphic resonance has been used to describe these phenomena, but that still seems quite a vague description. How does human learning of specific information help others in the future somehow know and retain those facts more readily?ClosedNicola asked 6 months ago • Non-Local Consciousness118 views0 answers0 votes