In Stephen King's book, DREAMCATCHER, the character is trapped inside his mind while his body is occupied by an evil spirit. The one trapped inside his mind must hide certain thoughts from the evil occupant -- so he's busy finding how his thoughts are stored and how one connects to another.
Have you ever studied your thoughts and your mind to see where ideas get stored and how one relates to another? There are so many cross references. A smell in the air came take our memory back to grandma baking or something that happened when we were quite young.
How do all these memories tie together in our heads? Do you ever get a sense of where within your head certain memories reside?
2007-03-10 01:02:39 · 7 answers · asked by CosmicKiss 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Parapsychology
I have studied a lot into the thought processes, the mind, the brain, etc. I enjoy Psychology, Dualism, Metaphysics, Materialism, Idealism, Ontology, and many other Philosophies. I haven't really focuses on it a large amount in the past few months (I should brush up on it though).
I, personally, see Dualism as a very interesting topic. Dualism is the belief that the brain and the mind are two separate "beings". Therefore, someone who believes in it, is referred to as a Dualist.
Instead of typing it all out, I will just give you a few sites to check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism_(philosophy_of_mind)
http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/dualism.htm
I don't want to seem like I'm forcing Dualism upon anyone, so if you are really interested, you should look up some of those topics I mentioned at the beginning. Decide for yourself what you think makes sense! Also, if you are so inclined, you might also want to look into some Buddhist Philosophy. Buddhism focuses a great deal on human thinking, which could help you understand more.
If you do find any interesting articles, I would greatly appreciate if you could pass them on, thanks!
2007-03-11 05:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by Brandon55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question Mithra what your refering to is neural nets which are complex relationships between memories. The triggering of one can open the memory of many memories associated with a smell etc. As to where memories are stored the answer to that is we simply do not know. There are many theories but none at this time have been fully validated. There are a lot of interesting books and articles on the subject. My favorite one is the Field by Lynn Mctaggert.
The movie what the bleep do we know had a good section on neural nets well worth watching
2007-03-11 19:44:30 · answer #2 · answered by des_wilms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human memories are stored because of the way the brain works. The brain is made up of neurons; each neuron fires if ALL the neurons feeding into it fire, creating an 'and' logic gate. Neurons can also grow to form new connections with other neurons. When we have experiences, they form cycles and patterns through our neurons, which eventually respond to these cycles by forming new connections which match up with them, embedding the memory in our minds over time.
At least, that's the way I imagine it from what I've heard about it. At any rate there is no parapsychology involved.
2007-03-11 20:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That part of the movie fascinated me. I think it is a great way to explain how the brain uses neural pathways and synapses. If I were a science teacher, I'd use that part of the movie to teach with. I don't remember how school appropriate the rest of the movie is...but I do remember the smelly part was uncomfortably funny.
2007-03-12 16:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by Konswayla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a certain part in the brain where all the memories are stored.
2007-03-11 19:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by Yung Naruto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conditional relations.
2007-03-10 09:25:57 · answer #6 · answered by chi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, do you just sit around all day thinking up stupid questions?
2007-03-10 12:58:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋