These convergent views suggest that our self is neurologically created in layers of circuitry that embed both our momentary interactions with a dynamic world and the accumulation of experience as embedded in our various forms of memory. As memory itself is reshaped by recollection and by the process of creating new and ever-evolving neural connections, so too does our sense of self remain open to growth and development. Such development of a coherent sense of self may involve the interactions of our here-and-now self experience with others as well as our mental time travel that enables us to
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