Are there any #medical#scientists or #researchers or #neurologists doing any current studies on human #brain & #memory retention - specifically on maximum capacities of human brain memory storage & if there's a limit to how much we can store in our brains?
Like, if we build up many new memories, do we reach a point where some past memories are removed from our memory storage or is there no maximum limits to human memory storage?
These are things I wonder about & don't know enough about.
@msquebanh
I’m not a scientist, but I read a lot about neuroscience. My totally non-qualified take is, it depends. There are rare people today with eidetic memory capabilities. Like everything else, there’s a spectrum of ability at anything we do. Dementia and Alzheimer’s are what memory erasing looks like. Some evidence suggests that memories persist that have been cut off from being accessed by our conscious thoughts. That’s what dreams are for. IMHO
@msquebanh These questions are heavily studied by researchers in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. A concern comes when it’s hard to make new memories and when the long term memories that persist are from a much earlier time in life. My son has a lot more time he is living in memories from when he was about age 12 to 20.
@cobalt Yes, they are. I'm curious as to how memory affects people without dementia or other neurological illnesses & brain diseases. I haven't been able to find much research data or peer reviewed papers on that.
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