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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 10:50 am
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Yeah... If I remember right, it doesn't just store a bit of information in one place, but rather it's spread out around the brain.
Could that be more vague? Something like that. The brain is truly amazing.
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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 11:01 am
Yeah and since different portions of the brain process feelings and sensory input and the rest, it stands to reason that some assembly may be necessary.
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Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 11:05 am
98% of the atoms in your body are replaced every year. We are nothing more than atom recyclers.
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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 11:14 am
So a slow, long lasting chemical reaction?
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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 12:15 pm
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(April 21, 2015 at 10:15 am)Stimbo Wrote: Why do we remember things from our childhood?
Because I was there...
'nuf said
(April 21, 2015 at 10:26 am)robvalue Wrote: I stopped drinking a long time ago when I found out it kills brain cells and they won't usually grow back 
Only having about 20 to begin with I can't afford the casualties. I used to hit myself over the head with stuff as well, that probably wasn't so smart.
Now I can't drink anyway because of medication.
No, hitting yourself upside the head is not listed among the 7 habits of highly effective people. But whatever you're doing now, you must be doing something right.
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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 21, 2015 at 8:09 pm
If you copy a file from the hard drive on your computer to a USB flash drive, each will "remember" the same thing despite the fact they are comprised of different molecules. The information is the in pattern in which those molecules are arranged, not the molecules themselves.
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RE: Why Do We Remember things From Our Childhood?
April 22, 2015 at 5:07 am
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I had EMDR treatment for depression, and if there was a suppressed trauma, it didn't come out. The guy seemed uncertain about whether I did have trauma, he said I showed a lot of signs of it but then was unwilling to commit.
I know my parents were always screaming at each other even when I was very young, so it could be down to that. Maybe they threw things as well. I don't know if there was violence, but I certainly can't count it out.
Maybe one of those things hit me on the head while on the potty! That would explain a lot actually...
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