I Remember, Therefore I Am: Memory and the Self

Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff)
Psych Pstuff
4 min readOct 13, 2019

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The Story

Do you have a good memory? Are you sure? After all, you probably don’t remember what you don’t remember. Humans tend to be rather poor judges of their own performance.

In many ways our identity is essentially based on the sum total of our memories. What we remember, especially about ourselves, forms the basis of who we are, or at least who we…

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Donna L Roberts, PhD (Psych Pstuff)
Psych Pstuff

Writer and university professor researching the human condition, generational studies, human and animal rights, and the intersection of art and psychology