ABSTRACT
Memory, like any mental process, is an emergent property of the nervous system, not a property of the individual neurons, that emerges when the neurons work together. To more clearly illustrate this, think of six square boards. None of those boards by themselves have the property of containment. However, when the boards are arranged to make a box, then it is possible to place something inside it. The property of containment emerges out of the arrangement of the elements that lack that property individually (see Minsky, 1986).
