title: Memories for life: a review of the science and technology.
abstract: This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed the encoding, storage, management and retrieval of information at the forefront of several fields of research. At the same time, the divisions between the biological, physical and the digital worlds seem to be dissolving. Hence, opportunities for interdisciplinary research into memory are being created, between the life sciences, social sciences and physical sciences. Such research may benefit from immediate application into information management technology as a testbed. The paper describes one initiative, memories for life, as a potential common problem space for the various interested disciplines.
authors.affiliation: University of Southampton Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science Highfield, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Kieron
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shadbolt
authors.forename: Graham J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hitch
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beagrie
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D016248:Computer Storage Devices; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007257:Information Theory; D008136:Longevity; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D012106:Research; D012940:Social Problems