Hilde Østby > Quotes

“Our memories peak during our formative years (teens and early twenties), a phenomenon called the reminiscence bump. During this period of our lives, many of our experiences are new and startling; there are so many firsts, and they stay with us for the rest of our lives.”
― Hilde Østby, Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

“Om fundamentet for dette forehavendet, altså antagelsen om at det finnes kjærlighet (eller er det egentlig bare et ønske om reproduksjon?) å lengte etter, er å anse som en like delirisk vrangforestilling som den jevne troendes grafsing etter mening i Bibelen, gripen etter et svar i Koranen, klamring til scientologenes skrifter, det kan ikke redaksjonen avgjøre, men den kommer like fullt til å reflektere over det, og samtidig legge all tvil på bordet.”
― Hilde Østby, Leksikon om lengsel

“The hippocampus is finely tuned to notice and pick up events and experiences that stand out for being different. Their uniqueness is what creates a memory trace, a shiny pearl in the necklace.”
― Hilde Østby, Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

“Reliving a memory was more effective than experiencing something nice in reality.”
― Hilde Østby, Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

“One of the leading memory theories now is that the hippocampus assembles the elements that make up a memory like a director of a play. When we reach for a memory, the hippocampus finds all the elements and arranges them for us, filling in any missing details from what else we know of the world.”
― Hilde Østby, Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting