Recreating Biological Short Term Memory
Prologue
Among the cognitive capabilities humans and other animals possess, memory is one of the most advantageous and profound, it lifts us from living in the moment, makes us aware of time and is the foundation (along with other forms of memory) for learning, knowing and a host of other higher cognitive skills and abilities, so it stands to reason that if we are to recreate intelligence ( which for practicality we can narrowly define as a list of cognitive abilities ) we will need to recreate Short Term Memory ( STM from now on ), and this is what this post is about ( I’d recommend the wiki as additional reading along with the sources listed later ).
What/How does STM works
Well, I’ve been searching for a simple answer for over 20 years and the sad truth is that we don’t precisely know yet, like with many biological/intelligence related issues disentangling the brain and extracting clear functional correlations and systems has proven difficult ( but then again I think…
