Re: Jan...learning

[Guest guest]

Nah, there's all kinds of room we haven't even tapped into yet.

Colleen

wrote:

----- Original Message -----

From: abijann

To: livercirrhosissupport

<<<get older, we have so many memories to look back on, so much useful

and unnecessary information and the space that is taken up cannot

be erased and I, personally, am running out of room>>>>

Our hard drive is full!

[Guest guest]

I agree with Colleen. We have plenty of room. We use only a small portion

of the brain area available. When I was in college, I was a tutor for a

number of classes. As a tutor, I was invited to a number of seminars

related to how we learn. One of the things which really impressed itself up

on me was this little story. Learning things is like make tracks like

animals make in the forest or other wild areas. They usually use the same

track every time. When we hear something we try to associate it with

something else we have heard before, until the " path " to that area becomes a

track which is easy to follow. It is like we have ruts all over our brain

to this related information. Numbers are in one area. Music in another.

Each has its own major rut, with smaller ruts running to more specialized

sub areas within the large area. I think when we get older unless we have

had brain damage, it isn't the memories we lose, but rather the tracks get

indistinct, making it hard to access that information. Jan H

> Nah, there's all kinds of room we haven't even tapped into yet.

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> Colleen

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> <mask55@... <mask55%40verizon.net>> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: abijann

> To:

livercirrhosissupport <livercirrhosissupport%40yahoogroups.com>

> <<<get older, we have so many memories to look back on, so much useful

> and unnecessary information and the space that is taken up cannot

> be erased and I, personally, am running out of room>>>>

>

> Our hard drive is full!

>

>

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