Posted by Igor Perisic on October 24, 2003 at 16:12:05:

In Reply to: Tacit memory of animals? posted by Lauri Gröhn on October 23, 2003 at 00:42:05:

Lauri,

"Do you mean that animals (dogs, cats ...) have tacit memory?"

I am a bit confused here. Are you assuming that only "humans" have memories (be it tacit or explicit) or that "humans" are the only animals possessing any knowledge? "Knowledge" is ambiguous as it is, why add "memory" to the discourse?

To give a direct reply to your question, I'd say that it would be very hard for say a cat or a dog to explicitly communicate most of his memories or knowledge. But that doesn't mean that they don't have them (be it explicit or tacit).

But more to the point of the original statement, the "concept of equilibrium in the act of walking" is neither a memory nor an instinct. We have to learn it when we are born and more to the point, we have to relearn it when we are subject to certain types of injuries to our lower extremities (that didn't affect our brain whatsoever).

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