Want to know some facts about human memory? The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ. It actually starts remembering things from the womb. Substantial scientific evidence for fetal memories has been found at around 30 weeks after conception. Memory is vital to experiences and related to limbic systems, it is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. Here are details about what scientists know and understand about human memory and some facts about human memory that you might know.
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1. The Two Memory Components Are Short Term and Long Term. Believe It or Not, Most Short-term Memories Only Last 20-30 Seconds!
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2. Visual and Auditory Memory is Based on What You See Vs. What You Hear
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3. The Storage Capacity of the Human Brain is Virtually Unlimited
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4. An Average Adult Can Remember Twenty to One Hundred Thousand Words!
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5. Sleep is Very Important to Memory
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6. The Memory Loss Humans Experience when They Get Old is Mostly Because They Tend to Exercise Their Brains Less
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7. Humans Can Associate a Scent with a Certain Event or Occurrence
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8. According to Scientists, the Human Mind Can Create, Exaggerate, Distort, or Reinvent a Memory after a Traumatic Experience
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9. Memory Extinction is a Process in Which a Conditioned Response Gradually Diminishes over Time as a Person Learns to Uncouple a Response from a Stimulus
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10. Amnesia is the Inability to Recall past Events. It Can Result from Physical Trauma or from Psychological Problems
Without memory, we could not learn anything. Memory is involved in processing vast amounts of information in many forms including images, sounds, and meaning.
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