left or right side of the brain?
2006-06-07 15:20:52 · 9 answers · asked by softballchick 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Really, the most intriguing question is "What is a memory, physiologically and anatomically?
If the brain is made up of white and gray matter (different kinds of neurons) and electical activity and neurochemicals, how does that encode into some event or emotion or idea we can recall?
If we can change our biology by changing our minds, then we can't we also change our memories?
The more we learn about it, the less we know, it seems.
2006-06-07 17:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by reality_check 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people are still looking for the real answer to that question.
Some have even suggested that memory is distributed throughout the entire body and not localized in the brain. Not sure what's correct, really.
2006-06-07 15:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the left side of the brain
2006-06-07 16:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by wolfelady692003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Different functions and areas of both the left and right have memory, and manage it separately.
2006-06-07 15:25:18 · answer #4 · answered by Alexanderthegreat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hippocampus
2006-06-07 15:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My memory is not right and I cannot remember if it is left.
2006-06-07 15:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by torontofabsingle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of different kinds of memory.
2006-06-09 11:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by mrsdebra1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's the right side, same with singing.
2006-06-07 15:22:59 · answer #8 · answered by spitonapit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't remember
2006-06-07 15:22:10 · answer #9 · answered by paulma_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋