A second thought on my previous posting on "Remembering is like reliving":
>Should this be "remembering of a certain kind is like reliving"? 
>I'm thinking of recollections of distant events that are actually 
>the result of remembering a whole series of rememberings over 
>time, and possibly (such as in the case of childhood memories) 
>includes material that other people have supplied in the past. 
>Would these be registered as "relivings" in the same way? 
>I have my doubts.

I think there is good evidence that false memories can be experienced
subjectively like reliving an event (though this may be a result of going
over and over the 'event', as in psychotherapy). So where does that leave
us? More experiments?

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
http://www.esterson.org

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