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Nope, learning physically changes the brain. For example, learning to juggle will increase certain portions of their brain. [1] It's like running Crysis, and h
by skaevola 13y ago
Nope, learning physically changes the brain. For example, learning to juggle will increase certain portions of their brain. [1]
It's like running Crysis, and having your video card's capability increase,
1. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002669 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone...
- Zarel 13y agoYes, and hard drives physically change when they're modified, too. I think it's more like installing Crysis, and having more of your hard drive devoted to Crysis than before.
- skaevola 13y agoMemories are stored in the hippocampus, the changes took place in the occipito-temporal cortex. I'm not a neuroscientist, but my understanding is that the changes were directly related to processing, not memory.
- Zarel 13y agoI'd imagine it's the difference between writing to executable code and writing to data files. It's still just the files inside the hard drives that's changed.
- devindotcom 13y agoNo one knows where memories are "stored," if stored is the proper term. But it is not exclusively in the hippocampus, that much is certain. The hippocampal region is definitely important in the function of memory but it is not where memories are located, and it is doubtful that they are located in any one structure in particular.
- skaevola 13y agoDefinitely true, but not really responsive to my point.