by Asami
We are learning
“memory”, but it is “human’s memory”. Today, I would like to talk about an
animal’s case. Do you know Hachiko? He is the dog known, and his true story can
be provable fact that the animal has memory system in their brain.
Hachiko was a dog who went back and forth
to Shibuya station in Tokyo for 11 years to look for his master, who already
had died. Recently, Hollywood made a film about this story. You can watch the
commercial of it!
So based on this story, is there memory
parts in animals?
(1) Brain system
Dog’s brain is
made up as same as the human’s so actually dog has a memory part, but it is
quite small and he can’t remember things more than humans. It is not be
positive, but the dog can’t remember what they did, when they gave a birth. They
forget their act even they gave a birth!
(2) Experience
Brain system shows that the dog can’t keep their memory, but they
have feelings. When they did something and they could feel happy about it, they
have a habit of repeating the acts (for feeling happy again!).
With two factors
and Hachiko’s examples, dog can remember things which they feel happy! Hachiko
was happy to live with his master, so his feeling made him to keep his memory.
But still there are lots of mystery about the dog’s memory. Only one thing we
proved is, they can remember with their experiences. …by the way, don’t you
think this habit is as same as the human, which the human can remember things
with memorable feeling?
I also think that animals have memories. My neighbor keeps a dog, Jiro didn't know me at the first time we met, but few months later, finally he remembered me! Gradually he became wag his cute tail when he saw me. Animals memories might be knowledge that they live well. I'm happy that they have memories:)
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Hello! I'm Nozomi.
ReplyDeleteDogs, I suppose, are similar to human beings in that their feelings influence their memory.
Hachiko is very famous, and his story makes a deep impression on me whenever I hear it.
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ReplyDeleteHi! This is Sumire. I know Hachiko. He is warm heart and I heard story about it. The memory of the dog is interesting. Feelings and memory are same for dog.
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