I was thinking about whether you learn or forget more in a day and realised that it is probably impossible to actually measure the things that you forget. Can anyone think of a way to do this?
2006-12-21 08:00:43 · 8 answers · asked by Litmus180 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
That is exactly the problem i encountered plasmabath1. Any way round this?
2006-12-21 08:25:24 · update #1
to measure what you have forgotten implies that you have to remember them again and therefore have not forgotten them
2006-12-21 08:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by plasmabath 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I read in a newspaper a few weeks ago that there is much more memory in the human brain than an average modern computer. That is quite incredible when you think about it! Basically, that means that you can measure the things that you can remember and forget. To do this, you would have to wake up and write every little detail of what you see, experience including smell taste and everything else until you go to bed! This is not quite the answer to your question but you have probably found it useful to know that the best computer in the world is not as advanced as your brain.
2006-12-21 08:37:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot 'measure the things you have forgotten,' but beware, you might trip over the tape measure you tried to measure them with - the one you dropped in your haste to forget it all, and left lying around.
Sash.
2006-12-21 12:11:27 · answer #3 · answered by sashtou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The amount of information your brain retains in memory is dwarfed by the amount of information that it is exposed to. Remember that you have five senses that are constantly feeding information to your brain throughout the day which has to be processed to see if it might be useful. Realistically I can't see any way to measure that.
2006-12-21 08:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they could forget approximately to close the storage door, forget approximately to feed the puppy, forget approximately the place their glasses are, forget approximately to tutor in homework/do homework/do artwork, forget approximately while the huge date is, forget approximately to return books or video clips to the library, they could forget approximately their keys in the vehicle and lock they keys in and forget approximately the subsequent due date for an project.
2016-12-18 17:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After a hard nights drinking, I just count the cigarette burns in my carpet.
2006-12-21 08:22:14 · answer #6 · answered by derstrudelmonkey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. It was ... um, it was um... I had it a second ago... anyhow, I did think before that I could, so it should be ...I think.
2006-12-21 08:09:28 · answer #7 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to know the answer to that . . .
2006-12-21 08:09:01 · answer #8 · answered by keithshere 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋