Sticky

No matter how you slice it, our current understanding of the human brain is decidedly limited. “Will we ever understand the human brain?” asks Jonathan Gornall of the World Economic Forum. “Today, I can't tell you – nor can anyone else – how the brain functions.” (Kevin Loria, Business Insider). “Like a computer’s hard drive, memories are physically recorded. But we have no idea how our brains do this…” (George Dvorsky, io9.com) Despite this enigma, each of us can verify through our own personal experience that we do remember some things. And the things that we remember may not be what we’d expect. We might forget our Sweet Sixteen but remember the film Sixteen Candles. We might forget our uncle’s 80ᵗʰ but remember Around the World in Eighty Days. For reasons beyond our comprehension, certain memories emerge as standout, not so fleeting, capable of leaving a permanent footprint. If we wanted to give such memories a name, we might call them “sticky.” These are a handful of my own.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.F.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Writing and Media Arts (UMKC)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri -- Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Authors dc:creator

• Wexler, Michael Lewis
• Terrell, Whitney

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/66810

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/66810