Information storage in the brain.

[Gun]

How are facts and information stored in the brain? Chemicals? Electric pulses?

If they are indeed translated to and from a matter we are familiar with, isn't it possible to synthetically re-create information and manually install it?

I think I've smoked myself retarded.

[Jervis]

Originally posted by Gun
How are facts and information stored in the brain? Chemicals? Electric pulses?

If they are indeed translated to and from a matter we are familiar with, isn't it possible to synthetically re-create information and manually install it?

I think I've smoked myself retarded.

LOL, I wouldn't call it retarded, more inquisitive .

We don't really full understand the mechanism behind information storage and retrieval in the brain as a lot of it is as you said very miniscule electric pulses. Just as in parity works for computers and RAM, I believe that gaps and such can be filled in via artificial means. I recall hearing stories of people with head or electrical trauma having "false memories" or misconceptions which may fall into what you are saying.

Think about it this way, when a person becomes amnesiac or just simply forgets, memories go from an impulse to nothing. And you form memories by firing impulses along neurotransmitter-soaked synapses. There's really nothing stopping us from creating artificial memories if only we understood the encryption (or encapsulation) and mechanism behind it.

No, I don't smoke either 0__o

[thenewguy]

From brainwavescience.com

"There is widespread agreement among the experts that we can accurately and scientifically measure information-processing brain activity using electrical brain signals, and that when we apply this science appropriately we can determine whether or not specific information is stored in a person's brain"

So there you go. The smoke just s l o w e d d o w n t h e e l e c t r i c a l i m p u l s e s i n y o u r b r a i n , m a n.

Try sucking on a battery.

[Crack]

Johnny Mnemonic style...

[jujueye]

Originally posted by thenewguy
From brainwavescience.com


Try sucking on a battery.

You might also try to get some b-vitamins added to your diet. They can work wonders with nerve damage repair.

[orange monkeyee]

smoking large amounts of weed sure as hell doesn't slow me down, my german skills in my enunciation are flawless when I am stoned or drunk , and i can actually think when i'm stoned. its amazing ain't it ?

[aarchaon]

there is a theory that memories are burnt into the connections in your brain, and that they gradually repair themselves. thats probably why people forget stuff after a given time.

[Bloodslick]

The movie Brainstorm is about a scientist who discovers a method of recording and playing back memories. It leads to interesting (but somewhat predictable) results. See if you can rent it sometime.