This was fascinating to read. And it makes me think you've described the internal half of a two-sided machine. The brain is one half. The cue landscape is the other. Every bakery walk-by, cupboard reach and kitchen layout is environment, not just memory. Some people retrain the brain through 1,164 unanswered spikes. Others quietly move house, change route, revamp the kitchen. I found the spike count was never the work, the cue density was. The brain learns the room, then the room keeps teaching the brain. Recovery probably needs both edits 💚.
This is such an elegant way of looking at the problem. And you're exactly right. There are two ways to tackle cues: by avoidance (a legitimate tactic if you truly can remove yourself from those cues), or by extinction.
One removes the cues from your environment, the other removes them from your brain.
Thank you for taking the time to read and for such a thoughtful comment.
This was fascinating to read. And it makes me think you've described the internal half of a two-sided machine. The brain is one half. The cue landscape is the other. Every bakery walk-by, cupboard reach and kitchen layout is environment, not just memory. Some people retrain the brain through 1,164 unanswered spikes. Others quietly move house, change route, revamp the kitchen. I found the spike count was never the work, the cue density was. The brain learns the room, then the room keeps teaching the brain. Recovery probably needs both edits 💚.
This is such an elegant way of looking at the problem. And you're exactly right. There are two ways to tackle cues: by avoidance (a legitimate tactic if you truly can remove yourself from those cues), or by extinction.
One removes the cues from your environment, the other removes them from your brain.
Thank you for taking the time to read and for such a thoughtful comment.