Authors : Nandha Sath Niyog

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25sep415

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Abstract : The prevailing model of memory as a linear, archival storage system is fundamentally inadequate to explain the dynamic, associative, and instantaneous nature of recall. This paper introduces and validates a novel theoretical framework: the Dynamic-Holographic-Implicit (DHI) Memory Model, which reconceptualizes memory not as a stored record, but as a living, non-linear fabric woven from sensory, emotional, and contextual threads. We posit that this fabric exists within a non-chronological state-space manifold, where recall operates through hologenic projection. Empirical validation is drawn from three distinct cohorts: 1) Clients with Trauma, where trauma cues trigger full-body re-experiencing via hyper-consolidated DHI pathways, bypassing declarative recall; 2) Psychedelic users, in whom substances like psilocybin, LSD and MDMA induce a temporary dissolution of default mode network integrity, leading to vivid, non-linear access to autobiographical and transpersonal memory networks, thereby providing direct evidence for state-dependent DHI malleability; 3) Behavioral expressions in dementia patients, where preserved musical and olfactory DHIs sustain identity and emotional responsiveness despite hippocampal degeneration; and 4)Behavioural Design in Business Leaders with meditative process in whom Dhyana happens for focusing Authentic Identity, demonstrating the trait- crystallized nature of sensory-emotional memory. These case studies provide a robust evidentiary base for the model's core principles. The implications are profound, revolutionizing therapeutic and design intervention into a process of re-weaving the mnemonic fabric. Protocols leveraging timed trigger exposure during neuroplastic windows (informed by psychedelic reconsolidation studies) and somatic techniques offer novel pathways for healing trauma and enhancing cognition. Furthermore, this evidence base necessitates a new ethical paradigm to address the risks of false memory implantation and the potential for culturally exploitative applications of DHI mechanisms. This paper establishes the DHI Memory Model as a foundational, empirically-grounded paradigm shift, arguing that understanding the holographic fabric of memory is essential for advancing a holistic science of cognition.

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