Interested in how ocean memory will help us think differently about the world and the universe
Ocean Memory Lightning Talk
I am interested in how we can conceptualize cognition in general, and cognitive processes, like memory and problem solving, in non-neuronal organisms – from fungi, to parasites, to even something as vast as the ocean. For the ocean memory project, my interest is in what kind of memory. In humans, we speak of several distinct forms of memory – semantic, episodic, and procedural. Semantic memory describes our world knowledge, episodic memory describes our remembering of personal experience, and procedural memory describes our memory of how to do things (motor memory). When we think of ocean memory, what might kinds of memories might a memory have and how would they differ from other organisms?