Memory as transferable information substrate

Explores memories as messages and stigmergic traces transferable between agents across time and biological substrates, grounded in planarian regeneration experiments.

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Self-Improvising Memory: A Perspective on Memories as Agential, Dynamically Reinterpreting Cognitive Glue3 members
Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds2 members

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Bioelectric memory & morphogenetic identity5 shared
Substrate-independent self & memory plasticity3 shared
Bioelectric control of planarian morphogenesis1 shared
Memory persistence through insect metamorphosis1 shared

Claims (3)

Memories are messages between agents separated across time; each engram is a stigmergic note left by a past version of self
Memories are not immutable markers of identity; they can be transferred between individuals and remapped onto new substrates.Evidence from planarian tail fragment training and metamorphosis suggests memory is substrate-independent process.
Memories as messages between temporal agentsLevin proposes viewing memories as stigmergic notes left by past Selflets; parallelizes vertical (temporal) communication with horizontal (social) communication.

Findings (2)

Memory remapping across bodies and contexts
Tail fragments of trained planarians retain original learned information, with memories reimprinted on newly-developing brains.Empirical evidence that memories persist through regeneration; challenges substrate-dependence of identity.