If someone rememberes a fact, do they forget something at the same time? is there a limit to how many facts?
Can memory literally increase meaning your not faster to remember stuff but u can actually remember more? is there an effect like u forget stuff faster or don't remember things as fast?
I apreciate any answers but if your a specialist please specify.
this. Also excuse the category i wasnt sure which to oput this question in
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What your talking about is called long term potentiation (LTP) and long term depression (LTD). When the brain is completely mature it has about 10 to the power of 10 neurons, and about 10 to the power of 16 synapses (connections between neurons). Each day you loose about 10,000 neurons, and yet the number of synapses does not diminish that much which means that each neuron can make synapses with many other neurons and the ones that are still alive compensate for the ones that die. So actually memory and many abilities are subject to the number of synapses. When a particular connection is used very much LTP will occur, which in simpler words means that that connection will work faster from now on. However if the opposite occurs and you use a connection very little even if LTP has already occurred LTD will, which means that the connection will work very slow. We call that learning, rememberign and forggeting.
why do you think PSP came out with a brain game. as long as you exercise your brain, you can remember stuff. it might need a "trigger" to recall but it's in there somewhere. we use very little percentage of our brain matter, so why not be able to exercise and increase that ... like muscles.
for the record, that whole 10% of the brain thing is a myth. in fact we use nearly 60% for vision alone. the typical healthy human uses 100% of their brain daily. if you only used 10% you wouldn't be able to live (well at least not without the aid of machines) as more than 10% of your brain is used for involuntary body systems
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