MEMÓRIA AFETIVA

Etymologically, memory comes from the Latin memoria, derived from memor ("one who remembers or recalls"). Affection derives from the Latin affectus, which means "state of mind, disposition of the spirit, or inclination." The root comes from the Latin verb afficere, which means "to impress, influence, or deeply touch." In a free translation, it means that "affective memories" are about the recollection, remembrance, of the state of mind or spirit. For neuroscience, memory is a multifaceted process in which various stimuli are encoded, consolidated, and stored by the nervous system. It is fundamental to human identity and involves neural networks distributed throughout the brain, especially the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex. (Source: Google). When we talk about memories, we are talking about who we are. Grouped memories mean an idea, a plot, a narrative. Each perception, sensation, emotion, feeling experienced within an experience becomes a memory. The quality and sensory intensity will qualify the importance of these memories within the person's history, and it is this importance that will transform into identity and also into the personality of each individual, depending on the function and use. Affective memories can be positive, neutral, or negative. They all have an identity, neurophysiological, and behavioral function. What we feel as Our "self" is a collection of memories grouped in an order that creates such a profound meaning that it touches our spirit. It is this narrative that ends every night, during sleep, in the consolidation of memories, and that restarts every morning, in new experiences, that creates our existence, gives meaning to our existential search. It is this story that began before our birth, with the memories of our parents and family, that moves us day by day and that we call "life." This means that it is the qualification we make of these memories that determines our "state of being," and affective memories, those that produce our sense of well-being, joy, happiness, or unease, depression, unhappiness. Our guest is Inês Balbo, a graduate in People Management/Leadership, with a postgraduate degree in Neuroscience and Consciousness.