Memory Quote by David DiSalvo

Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short.

— Frank Herbert

Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction.

— Ulric Neisser

“THE MISCONCEPTION: Memories are played back like recordings. THE TRUTH: Memories are constructed anew each time from whatever information is currently available, which makes…

— David McRaney

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

“We view memories as archives of past events—of what has actually happened. But in reality, memories are nothing more than descriptions of what we…

— Mo Gawdat

We are always remaking history. Our memory is always an interpretive reconstruction of the past, so is perspective.

— Umberto Eco

“We now know that memories are not fixed or frozen, like Proust’s jars of preserves in a larder, but are transformed, disassembled, reassembled, and…

— Paula Hawkins

I must admit that it seems like my mind really reconstructs some things, and in a very - I just know that it seems…

— Jens Lekman

“That’s another enigma about memory, more basic than all the rest: do recollections have some measurable temporal volume? do they unfold over a span…

— Milan Kundera

Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and…

— Daniel Schacter

“I have begun to wonder what actually happens in our brains when we return to half-remembered places. What is memory's perspective? Does the man…

— Siri Hustvedt

Memories are like holograms: you recreate in your head the whole image of something which isn't there.

— Richard Bandler