memory

[dinsdale]

odd one this, was asked myself by my nephew and i really dont know. in short, i am not the person i was 6 months ago, i.e. every cell in my body has been replaced with a new one. How is it i can remember things from when i was six years old (im now 34) can anyone shed some light? - thanks

[redcrx]

are you sure that you remember? that those memories and everyone around you arent just your imagination?

[dinsdale]

I'm not so sure if thats the case Redcrx, though the voices in my head kept telling me to post the question!

[4getmenot]

http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008 /02/solar-powered-shed-light_64.jpg

[4getmenot]

oh sorry thought you said can anyone light some sheds

[sqad617]

Dinsdale

"in short, i am not the person i was 6 months ago, i.e. every cell in my body has been replaced with anew one"

Don't understand that paragraph at all???

"How is it i can remember things from when i was six years old (im now 34) can anyone shed some light? - thanks"

Surely that is the case for everybody, it is the time you started school and most people remeber that.

Let me know if I have missed the point.

[Octavius]

The same way you know when you look in the mirror that it is still you. Our bodies are multicellular and each cell has various properties and functions to keep the organism going as a whole.

You need to look up lots of cellular and limbic system facts to answer your questions, but they reckon on average the cells in our body have a 10-15 year life span.

[bednobs]

brain cells are never replaced - you can only lose them, never re grow them.
most people think memories are stored in the brain

[dinsdale]

Oh yeah, your'e right, found this artical explaining. I thought all human cells were replaced all the time like blood cells, but was wrong - learn somthing new every day i guess

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.as p?storyCode=198208§ioncode=26

[redcrx]

are you sure its not like living in a little village. One brain cell moves in and within hours knows everything about all the other brain cells, past and present. over time, braincells come and go and the gossip still lingers.

might explain whay we cant always recall correctly as it changes, like chinese whispers.

:)

[cherrybea]

I thought it was a riddle..duh.

[Prudentia]

4getmenot
loved that, must go for a pee

[Prudentia]

sorry, can we say pee on here? I have been banned into the dungeon more than once for criticising gordon (pension thief) brown!!!