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The brain is truly a marvel. A seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime’s knowledge. But is there a point where it reaches capacity? In other words, can the brain be “full”?
The answer is a resounding no, because, well, brains are more sophisticated than that. A study published in Nature Neuroscience earlier this year shows that instead of just crowding in, old information is sometimes pushed out of the brain for new memories to form.
Previous behavioural studies [PDF] have shown that learning new information can lead to forgetting. But in this study, researchers used new neuroimaging techniques to demonstrate for the first time how this effect occurs in the brain.
http://theconversation.com/health-check-can-your-brain-be-full-40844
Original Submission
(Score: 4, Funny) by Snotnose on Thursday June 04 2015, @03:15PM
There's always room to make 1 more call, but each call raises the noise floor a bit more until eventually some people hang up (lowering the noise floor). It's like a conversation at a party. So the memories are still there, it's just too hard to "hear" them over all the other memories clamoring for attention.
Unfortunately, my noisiest memories are my Brady Bunch trivia, which got me laid 30 years ago but I haven't needed, nor wanted, for 29 years.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 1) by deathlyslow on Thursday June 04 2015, @07:49PM
The lay or the memories, or the memories of the lay?
Sorry the jokes write themselves some times.
(Score: 2) by Hartree on Thursday June 04 2015, @10:07PM
"which got me laid 30 years ago but I haven't needed, nor wanted, for 29 years."
Given the stereotype that this is a community of socially crippled geeks living in their mother's basements, the jokes write themselves. ;)