demo · memory

reconsolidation

After consolidation, a memory is stable — until it is retrieved. Retrieval briefly re-opens the molecular machinery that originally encoded it. During this labile window, the memory can incorporate changes. Then it re-stabilizes, in whatever form it currently holds.

The most-accessed memories are the most frequently modified memories. The access history is not stored in the memory itself.

current form

stability

stable

0 recalls

0 / 4 elements changed

100% fidelity

RECALL — retrieves the memory; opens the labile window (8 s) · INTERVENE — blocks reconsolidation; prevents all drift this recall · MISLEAD — introduces specific false details while the window is open

original encoding

Elements struck through have drifted from the original. Each recall that reaches re-stabilization locks the current form in place.