Re: OT: Eskimo words for snow (Re: what's a "froplet"?)
Re: OT: Eskimo words for snow (Re: what's a "froplet"?)
- Subject: Re: OT: Eskimo words for snow (Re: what's a "froplet"?)
- From: bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 16:27:42 -0400
Marc,
What we are referring to is learning and there are several components.
Actually, the decay is exponential for new information; with roughly
half of newly acquired info decaying the first day (i.e. T1/2 = ~1day)
Long term memory laid down with emotional content actually seems
to involve numerous repetitions of training, in that the memory is
repetitively relived and therefore continuously reinforced creating
more than a single connection and eventually becoming self sustaining.
Otherwise you would never be able to forget anything; and from the
few individuals cursed with that malady, we know that would be bad.
Riding a bicycle is not done once and then never forgotten. It is a
complex behavior learned with substantial time, effort and emotion.
Ask any bicycle racer if they don't lose their edge as well as their
muscle if they don't train continuously.
Bryan Kaufman
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>The brain grows new synapses on paths that are used and deletes
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>connections on paths that are not.
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I disagree with your statement, or else many things
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wouldn't be referred to as being "like riding a bicycle --
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once you've done it, you never forget".
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Why else would I be able to remember the exact coding
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protocols for programming languages that I haven't used in
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two decades?
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Additionally, I thought disused synapse pathways were
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generally retained unless there is an impetus specifically
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to destroy them (or an outside force, such as
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bioplaque-related deterioration or radiation damage).
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Just an observation or two...
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=-= Marc Glasgow
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Bryan wrote:
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>The brain grows new synapses on paths that are used and deletes
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>connections on paths that are not.
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