Rafael
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Post by Rafael on Jun 20, 2011 17:12:15 GMT
Umm, I can't find any mention of human memory being stored elsewhere, and lots of references of it definitely taking place in the brain. What are you talking about? I'm talking about a theory I have come into contact with years ago, according to which memory (maybe other brain functions too, I don't remember) is not stored in the brain in an HD-like fashion, but rather it is dispersed all over the nervous system, in a cloud server-like fashion. That's one of the reasons I said we have no idea what'd happen in the case of a brain transplant. Is the nervous system completely subject to the brain? Or would there be some kind of "conflict" between the original body and the new brain?(The other reason is that it has never been successfully done, so there isn't sufficient data to anticipate the results.) But like I said, it's been a while. I don't even remember where I saw that. Maybe the theory has been proven wrong by now, but I remember hearing about memory not being stored in the brain, but spread through the nerves.
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Post by smjjames on Jun 20, 2011 18:54:23 GMT
I'm definetly sure that has been proven wrong, losing a limb doesn't cause people to lose memory and neither does a severed spinal cord.
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Post by warrl on Jun 22, 2011 19:42:27 GMT
I've heard a somewhat similar theory that is more current - that memory is stored all over the brain in a holographic manner.
When you cut up a hologram, each piece contains the entire original picture but has less effective resolution, i.e. you lose detail.
I suppose the hologram might also be stored in nerve cells that are not part of the brain... but that would be slower access (from the brain) than the portions in the brain, so would be less-used.
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Post by jasmijn on Jun 22, 2011 21:01:01 GMT
Well, as far as I know, information *is* stored in a distributed manner. But still in the brain, except for specific motor and perception handling memory, which is stored in the nerve cells near the muscles and sensing thingies (can't remember the name right now). The thing is, only in the brain you have sufficient connections to store any kind of detailed information that go into memories. There are specific parts in the brain specialised in memories, by the way. This can be seen because people with brains damaged in those areas lose memories or the ability to store new memories while people with brain damage elsewhere have other problems. The human brain is mightily complex and a very exiting subject to study.
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Post by Interactive System Error on Jun 23, 2011 15:44:05 GMT
Also, does it strike anyone else as amusing that the spell check for this forum doesn't recognize the word "Gunnerkrigg"? Very, but perhaps not in quite the way you mean it. Add it to your local spellchecker dictionary and it will stop flagging it. No, I meant the forum spell check, the button between "Preview" and "Reset" when you're composing a message. My computer's spell check knows how to spell Gunnerkrigg already.
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Post by goldenknots on Jun 23, 2011 15:54:59 GMT
No, I meant the forum spell check, the button between "Preview" and "Reset" when you're composing a message. My computer's spell check knows how to spell Gunnerkrigg already. I stand corrected. Yes, it's odd.
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