QinC — Strauch: “What is stuffed into your head … has simply been squirreled away in the folds of your neurons.”

A Few processes for recovering Buried Knowledge.

QinC: “What is stuffed into your head may not have vanished but has simply been squirreled away in the folds of your neurons.” — Strauch, 2009
A Few processes for recovering Buried Knowledge.

In her interestingly titled NYT article, “How to train the aging Brain.” [Which appeared a year before she released her book, ‘The secret life of the grown-up brain.’] Barbara Strauch starts by mentioning that the many long held theories of ‘lost brain cells’ have been debunked. She then rolls out the opening quote about information being ‘squirreled away’.

I however, want to explore this idea of ‘squirrelling away’. I quite like Webster’s definition: to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place or squirrelling the information away for future reference. [storing, stashing, setting aside, stowing], especially the second part.

The first part refers to physical things, be they large or small. Not to be confused with hoarders or pack…