5 Strange Facts Of Memory

Dear Friends,

Believe it or not, but there are some strange facts about Human Memory and these facts are:

• Doorways destroy memory

Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an 'event boundary' in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away.

• Mind-erasing activities

Sex has been reported to cause this memory problem, with patients forgetting the past day or so, and having difficulty forming new memories.

• Memories can live on, even if we can't access them

Researchers described a woman who had musical hallucinations of song that she didn't recognize, but others did. To our knowledge, this is the first report of musical hallucinations of non-recognizable songs that were recognized by others in the patient's environment.

• Brains may be programmed to forget infancy

Children do make memories during their early years, but then forget through deliberate mechanisms. One possible explanation for this is that the developing brain, while growing exponentially and generating cells, wipes out stored memories.

• Brain injuries may cause forgetting

It is possible to lose memories before they even have a chance to become stored, due to injuries in the brain's structures that are specifically involved in handling memory formation, maintenance and recall. Damage to these areas can result in curious forms of amnesia.

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