How sweet it is to be able to learn!
Without the conversion process, I would be totally amazed each time I was brought up to date by friends, but would quickly lose all memory of these conversations and be left to eternally contemplate how the Cold War is going.
Because of the structural differences of these conversion cells from regular neurons, their operation cannot be surrogated by the typical surrounding nerve cells when they are damaged. Hence, there is a poor prognosis for my ever learning anything new.
In other words, my life stopped at the point the conversion process was impaired. There is one tiny window left open, however, and we will discuss that next under Long-term memory, if it doesn't slip my mind.
As you have come to expect, no doubt, Long-term memory is no simple process.