"How does the human brain store memory?"
The short answer is that we don't know. This is an active research area. We traditionally think of two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. In general we can say that memory is stored in networks of neurons. Neurons communicate through electrical changes and short-term memory seems to be stored as electrical patterns which have a limited lifetime. Long-term memory, which is what you are asking about, involves changes to the connections between neurons. It used to be thought that the brain works like a computer - how would you compare human memory and computer memory?
"Is language necessary to retrieve memory?"
Try remembering something you did yesterday - does it seem to you that you used language to recall the event?
"Why can't I remember much about when I was a baby?"
It could be that memories are not formed when we are very young or that we can no longer access them. What is the earliest memory you can recall?
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Hello
Great questions! :)
"How does the human brain store memory?"
The short answer is that we don't know. This is an active research area. We traditionally think of two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. In general we can say that memory is stored in networks of neurons. Neurons communicate through electrical changes and short-term memory seems to be stored as electrical patterns which have a limited lifetime. Long-term memory, which is what you are asking about, involves changes to the connections between neurons. It used to be thought that the brain works like a computer - how would you compare human memory and computer memory?
"Is language necessary to retrieve memory?"
Try remembering something you did yesterday - does it seem to you that you used language to recall the event?
"Why can't I remember much about when I was a baby?"
It could be that memories are not formed when we are very young or that we can no longer access them. What is the earliest memory you can recall?
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Hello
Great questions! :)
"How does the human brain store memory?"
The short answer is that we don't know. This is an active research area. We traditionally think of two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. In general we can say that memory is stored in networks of neurons. Neurons communicate through electrical changes and short-term memory seems to be stored as electrical patterns which have a limited lifetime. Long-term memory, which is what you are asking about, involves changes to the connections between neurons. It used to be thought that the brain works like a computer - how would you compare human memory and computer memory?
"Is language necessary to retrieve memory?"
Try remembering something you did yesterday - does it seem to you that you used language to recall the event?
"Why can't I remember much about when I was a baby?"
It could be that memories are not formed when we are very young or that we can no longer access them. What is the earliest memory you can recall?
cheers
Richard