Sleep is an important process for learning and storing memories. (An adult brain has 86 billion neurons, each with about a thousand synapses.) The pattern of nerve impulses across the cerebral cortex creates the physical trace of a memory, what scientists call an 'engram'.
More precisely, each memory is stored or 'encoded' as a pattern of synapses, as the tiny gaps between brain cells. But in the brain, each memory doesn't exist in a specific location, but as a branching network of neurons. In the movie, an individual memory is a single orb. Jellybean-like characters known as 'Mind Workers' pick memories off a shelf and thrown them into the 'Memory Dump', a deep chasm where the unwanted orbs go dull and the information they carry – such as old phone numbers and piano lessons – is soon forgotten. From above, Long Term looks like the cerebral cortex, folded outer layers that make a mammal's brain to resemble a walnut. The memory orbs of Inside Out are sent through vacuum tubes down to 'Long Term', a library of endless shelves that hold Riley's memories. Long-term memory in Inside Out (Image: Disney/Pixar) The five emotions personify the amygdala, and attach emotional significance to a new memory by pressing a big button on the control console in Headquarters, which is akin to nerve cells (neurons) in the amygdala sending signals to the hippocampus. The amygdala is located above a pair of seahorse-shaped structures called the hippocampus, which is roughly equivalent to Inside Out's aptly-named 'Headquarters'. So how do memories and emotions become connected? The process begins with stress hormones released by adrenal glands, which ultimately activate the amygdala, a pair of tonsil-sized areas in each brain hemisphere. For example, while not named in the movie, combining joy and sadness (blue and yellow) creates sentimental feelings for the past, or nostalgia (Greek for 'ache for home'). Memories aren't limited to a single emotion, as shown at the end of the film when most of Riley's memory orbs aren't uniform, but become marbles filled with multicoloured swirls of emotions. Riley’s Control Center helped her grow and learn that experiences aren’t assigned just one emotion and that all of the emotions are helpful for her, even Sadness.In Inside Out, each memory is a glowing orb whose colours match the movie's five emotions: yellow for joy, blue for sadness, red for anger, purple for fear, and green for disgust. We saw memories with mixed emotions, ones that were red and blue, green and yellow. And the memories that included blue were not viewed as negative. The majority were not just yellow anymore either. In the end, as Riley grew, we saw memories that were not so solidly blue, yellow, red, or green.
When Riley was allowed to feel sad without pressure to be any other way, and when she and her parents recognized her feelings, she was able to move forward, in a healthy way. When Riley expressed sadness, her parents realized she needed more support. We need all of our feelings to stay healthy. We need all of our feelings to make these things happen. They keep us safe and they encourage us to take risks. They motivate us to connect with others, and to make changes in our lives. They clue us in to life’s challenges and rewards. Without even realizing it, Sadness reminded Joy that feelings give us information about our experiences, and about other people’s experiences. Sadness taught Joy that all our emotions serve a purpose.
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