This suggests that there are no images, videos, or sound recordings stored in the brain. Our memories are stored as sequences of patterns. Memories that are not accessed dim over time. When police sketch artists interview a crime victim, they do not ask, “What did the perpetrator’s eyebrows look like?” Rather, they will show a series of images of eyebrows and ask the victim to select one. The correct set of eyebrows will trigger the recognition of the same pattern that is stored in the victim’s memory.
