Things go into memory by 3 mechanisms (if I remember correctly…)

  • Relevance
  • Importance
  • Repetition

If I remember correctly (IFIRC), relevance distinguishes from importance by having an emotional valence.

La razón es fría, pero ve claro; darle calor y no ofuscar su claridad; las pasiones son ciegas, pero dan fuerza; darles dirección y aprovecharse de su fuerza.

Jaime Balmes

Elizabeth Filips has some ideas related to this. https://youtu.be/Kz_brQBl8xk .

Neuroscience

  • Dopamine is a critical driver of human activities based on the anticipation of reward. In particular curiosity. I branched yet again into another search: [neuroscience-of-curiosity] (Is dopamine emotion? is it longing?)