can the brain ever get full of knowledge?

Question

i dont understand how some ppl are so smart & they remember like everything!..i have sucha bad memory..but isnt their a limit 4 the brain or can u knoe SOO MUCHH...? help..give me some memory tips..i hav short term memory :(

Answer 1

Hardly anyone here will have a problem with (at least not for a long time!).
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Answer 2

The brain is not a bucket or mere repository of knowledge like an empty glass that can only hold so much water. The brain is a complex organ that directs every single event in the human body and it tries to do it in as efficient a way as possible. For it to do that, it must learn not just specific information but how to use that information efficiently. This is where shortcuts come into play. It isn't that some people seem to be able to recall information more accurately than others; rather, they have learned how to make good use of "shortcuts" in their thinking processes.
People are also much better able to process information in their environments if that information is important to them. For example, we remember our street addresses because we don't want to get lost on the way home from somewhere else. If we have a strong interest in a hobby, we will learn and recall a great deal more than someone else whose interests may lie elsewhere.
The subject of the brain is as vast as its capacity to learn, survive and interact within your environment which means that your question cannot be adequately answered in this brand of forum.
As for your concerns about your short term memory, you would need to go and see your doctor to discuss the matter. If there are no medical problems, one of the strategies you could try is to use at least two ways of storing information. For example, if you are using a bank machine and you don't want to forget your bank card or bankbook, you can tell yourself (no one else has to hear you - in fact, it may be a good idea not to let anyone else hear you) precisely what you are doing as you are doing it. So, as you are putting your bank card back into your wallet, you could say to yourself, "Bank card goes back into wallet."
Similarly, making lists can go a long way towards improving your memory. It's a matter of cultivating new habits.

Answer 3

We only use a small percentage of our brain(as far as we know). So, it really can't get FULL. However, you may have a problem putting things in the right place or recalling facts. There are several books out which will help improve your memory at any of the major bookstores.

Answer 4

Theoretically, no. But it would explain what happened to me about 3/4 of the way through high school. It felt like I hit a wall. Suddenly, things weren't as easy to remember anymore, and stuff began leaking out. I suspect I've forgotten at least as much as I've learned over the years...

Answer 5

Seems I've read that humans use about 7% of their brains capacity. Now that leaves an awful lot of hardrive to store information. m

Answer 6

Think about this: the human brain cell (as in a single, seemingly insignificant cell within the mass of the brain) can hold five times (!!!!!!!!) the ammount of information as could the Encyclopedia Brittanica. (A SINGLE CELL!!!!!!!!) Keeping in mind that the Encyclopedia Brittanica is a 47-book encyclopedia, consider that we house over 200 BILLION cells in our heads. This means, given the ideal conditions, any one person can hold ONE TRILLION (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) TIMES THE AMMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT COULD BE RETAINED WITHIN THE SINGLE LARGEST ENCYCLOPEDIA SET IN THE WORLD.

Does that answer your question?

Answer 7

mostly cancers and geminis can recall past events so easily. but yea the brain is limited ever notice how you can learn 1 subject so easy while some1 else has tougher time and vice versa. all of us made different so we can help others so we can not be independant in anything.

Answer 8

No, and when they reach to much in a little amount of time it's called a mental breakdown.

Answer 9

No. No man has even used a little more than a 10th of their brain.

Answer 10

no...because you forget some stuff while you learn new ones..people are different, so some momorize stuff, others remember songs or pictures, they re all smart in different ways..
for example, i can;t learn advanced phisics but i'm good at drawing stuff...