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Crows and other corvids have better memories than humans.

It might be that memory, for humans, is related to importance of events and whether there was human trauma, which either blocks the event or distorts it.

Back to the birds. The minds of corvids work in a different way than does the human mind. They have not been distracted by an artificial world that humans have. Such an artificial world, without a doubt, affects memory and our sense of reality.

An excellent memory experiment is to compare the effects of digital media on memory. To have a control group who rarely if ever uses such media. I suslect their memory would be better than any group that regularly is on the internet and in particular social and digital media.

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It's fascinating how different species process information and memory! Corvids indeed exhibit impressive cognitive abilities, in fact I have a parrot, he is so clever.

And you are right, exploring the impact of digital media on human memory through experiments could provide valuable insights into our evolving relationship with technology.

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Apr 16Liked by Álvaro García

I've had vivid dreams of flying (ala Superman) that I later remembered as having been a real happening.

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An incredible but true example

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