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Hello all, this is my first post here. I know these things have been discussed before in this forum, but that was several years ago, and I have some questions that weren't asked.
Basically, I need to know how information is stored in the brain, presumably as memories. What I already know is that the way the cell networks are connected is the stored information; but what I don't know is how they are created and accessed.
For instance, let's say you have a perception worthy of being stored in your memory, and as it is perceived it processed through the various neurons, before being stored as... what, a network of connected cells? Or is there another part that I'm missing?
I know that at lot remains to be answered about the brain, but it is to my general understanding that the answer to this is already known, I just can't find it.
How does the brain then retrieve this information, i.e. how does it know that information is stored in a particular pattern. If each neuron has hundreds of different connections, and a 'memory' is stored as the overall network of connection between a number of cells; how does the memory know which cell is the next part of the memory?
Is my general understanding correct? Or am I completely wrong?
I also have several future follow up questions.
Thank you for your time.
Basically, I need to know how information is stored in the brain, presumably as memories. What I already know is that the way the cell networks are connected is the stored information; but what I don't know is how they are created and accessed.
For instance, let's say you have a perception worthy of being stored in your memory, and as it is perceived it processed through the various neurons, before being stored as... what, a network of connected cells? Or is there another part that I'm missing?
I know that at lot remains to be answered about the brain, but it is to my general understanding that the answer to this is already known, I just can't find it.
How does the brain then retrieve this information, i.e. how does it know that information is stored in a particular pattern. If each neuron has hundreds of different connections, and a 'memory' is stored as the overall network of connection between a number of cells; how does the memory know which cell is the next part of the memory?
Is my general understanding correct? Or am I completely wrong?
I also have several future follow up questions.
Thank you for your time.
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