For questions on the consolidation of short-term memories into long-term storage, which is comprised of explicit and procedural memory.
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How do the brains of savants such as Orlando Serrell and Temple Grandin compare to a standard brain?
There are the examples of Orlando Serrell and Temple Grandin, who remember quite a lot, due to autism.
How do their brains compare to a standard brain?
See also: Partitions and Volume:
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Will Our Brain Speed Reduce As Our Memory “Mail Boxes” Fill Up?
I recently stumbled accross the article "When the Brain's Mailbox Is Full", which can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/27/health/when-the-brain-s-mailbox-is-full.html.
The article ...
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What is the optimal repetition pattern to maximize long term memory?
Which is the appropriate repetition pattern to aid long term memory, in terms of time between study sessions?
I have been reading about Ebbinghaus and doing some related research, but I can't find a ...
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Are different types of long term memories stored in different parts of the brain?
I recently had some questions concerning the capacity of the brain's memory:
Are different types of long term-memories like know-how, your-life, etc. remembered in different parts of the brain?
If ...
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What is the scientific term for unexpected, spontaneous dream recall?
I'm interested if there's a term for spontaneous dream recall. I will try to define the phenomenon I'm talking about.
Over 10 years ago, I started to notice that I can spontaneously recall dreams, ...
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How much time is required to relearn a subject after x years?
I'm searching for research answering or giving any form of insight to this question:
How long does it take a person to relearn something (any type of learning) when relearning happens x, x+1, ...
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Memorizing sets of items
It is often useful to memorize a set of items. Many times ordering is not important and we need to memorize a lot of sets. I already know a method for
memorizing lists where we memorize an item for ...
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How many bits of data would it take to represent an entire life as a film?
Imagine your life as a film. Add all the stuff you know.
Is it possible to express this amount of data in bits? (A rough order of magnitude would be ok.)
See also: Partitions and Savants:
