# Each Use of a Memory Changes the Memory by Joseph LeDoux > "The bottom line of reconsolidation research is that your memory of some experience is only as good as your last recollection of the experience. Each use of a memory changes the memory. Obviously, the changes are not always so dramatic as what I have described. But the fact is that memory can, at least to some extent, be changed by experience, and sometimes the changes can be striking." > **— Joseph LeDoux**, *2010, Edge Annual Question, “How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [THE MOST ACCURATE MEMORIES ARE THE ONES NEVER REMEMBERED](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10902) — Edge published this passage in its 2010 Annual Question collection, *How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?*. The full response preserves the qualifications and argument surrounding this exact extract. - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2010 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2010 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first archive record for the complete yearly response cohort. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Host Infrastructure Overview]] - **Article:** [[articles/Is It Live or Is It Memorex?|Is It Live or Is It Memorex?]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] - [[wiki/Generative Memory Model|Generative Memory Model]] - [[wiki/Fidelity–Plasticity Paradox|Fidelity–Plasticity Paradox]] - [[wiki/Autobiographical Memory|Autobiographical Memory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The bottom line of reconsolidation research is that your memory of some experience is only as good as your last recollection of the experience. Each use of a memory changes the memory. Obviously, the changes are not always so dramatic as what I have described. But the fact is that memory can, at least to some extent, be changed by experience, and sometimes the changes can be striking." — Joseph LeDoux, 2010, Edge Annual Question, “How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-joseph-ledoux-each-use-changes-memory ```