Memory is not just a passive archive but a dynamic and interactive system. It enables us to know, feel, and navigate the world while continuously adapting through encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Personal memory through which all experience is known

Phylogenetic and epigenetic memory refers to the origins of genetic memory formation, highlighting how past experiences influence our present behavior, cognition, and identity.

The first instance of an experience comes through the sensing and perceiving of the external environment.

All we know for sure is that we experience life, and then have a memory of that experience.