Over the years, the capacity of the human brain has become a question in the medical field. Recently, an American scientist, Paul Reber,
a professor of psychology at Northwestern University also discussed the same thing.
Reber reveals that the most important human organ consists of billions of neurons. Each neuron consists of a thousand relationships with other neurons, making connections reach trillions of them.
If every neuron can only help store one memory, running out of storage space will be a problem. You might only have a few gigabytes of storage space
similar to storage on an iPod or USB flash drive, "open Reber. exponentially increasing brain memory storage capacity for something closer.
# Its storage memory is approximately 2.5 petabytes (or one million gigabytes). In comparison, if your brain works like a digital video recorder on television, 2.5 petabytes will be enough to record three million hours of TV shows.
You have to leave TV running continuously for more than 300 years to use all of that storage, "he continued.
Even so, the right amount of brain storage capacity is difficult to calculate. First, this is because humans don't know how to measure the size of their memory.
Both certain memories involve more detailed memory and thus take up more space; Other memories are forgotten and thus space becomes free.
Besides that, some information doesn't need to be remembered.
Over the years, the capacity of the human brain has become a question in the medical field. Recently, a US scientist, Paul Reber, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University also discussed the same thing.
Reber revealed that the most important human organ consists of billions of neurons. Each neuron consists of a thousand relationships with other neurons, making connections reach trillions of them. But what is the capacity of the brain?
"If every neuron can only help store one memory, running out of storage space will be a problem. You might only have a few gigabytes of storage space, similar to storage on an iPod or USB flash drive," Reber opens.
But neurons are interconnected so that each one helps with many memories at a time, exponentially increasing the memory storage capacity of the brain for something closer.
"The storage memory is around 2.5 petabytes (or one million gigabytes). For comparison, if your brain works like a digital video recorder on television, 2.5 petabytes will be enough to record three million hours of TV shows. You have to leave the TV on and on "It's been for more than 300 years to use all of that storage," he continued.
Nevertheless, Reber continued that large brain storage capacity is precisely difficult to calculate. First, this is because humans don't know how to measure the size of their memory. Second, certain memories involve more detailed memory and thus take up more space; Other memories are forgotten and thus space becomes free. In addition, some information doesn't need to be remembered.
The human brain consists of about one billion neurons. Each neuron forms about 1,000 connections to other neurons, amounting to more than a trillion connections. If each neuron could only help store a single memory, running out of space would be a problem. You might have only a few gigabytes of storage space, similar to the space in an iPod or a USB flash drive. Yet neurons combine so that each one helps with many memories at a time, exponentially increasing the brain’s memory storage capacity to something closer to around 2.5 petabytes (or a million gigabytes).
Over the years, the capacity of the human brain has become a question in the medical field. Recently, an American scientist, Paul Reber,
a professor of psychology at Northwestern University also discussed the same thing.
Reber reveals that the most important human organ consists of billions of neurons. Each neuron consists of a thousand relationships with other neurons, making connections reach trillions of them.
If every neuron can only help store one memory, running out of storage space will be a problem. You might only have a few gigabytes of storage space
similar to storage on an iPod or USB flash drive, "open Reber. exponentially increasing brain memory storage capacity for something closer.
# Its storage memory is approximately 2.5 petabytes (or one million gigabytes). In comparison, if your brain works like a digital video recorder on television, 2.5 petabytes will be enough to record three million hours of TV shows.
You have to leave TV running continuously for more than 300 years to use all of that storage, "he continued.
Even so, the right amount of brain storage capacity is difficult to calculate. First, this is because humans don't know how to measure the size of their memory.
Both certain memories involve more detailed memory and thus take up more space; Other memories are forgotten and thus space becomes free.
Besides that, some information doesn't need to be remembered.
Over the years, the capacity of the human brain has become a question in the medical field. Recently, a US scientist, Paul Reber, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University also discussed the same thing.
Reber revealed that the most important human organ consists of billions of neurons. Each neuron consists of a thousand relationships with other neurons, making connections reach trillions of them. But what is the capacity of the brain?
"If every neuron can only help store one memory, running out of storage space will be a problem. You might only have a few gigabytes of storage space, similar to storage on an iPod or USB flash drive," Reber opens.
But neurons are interconnected so that each one helps with many memories at a time, exponentially increasing the memory storage capacity of the brain for something closer.
"The storage memory is around 2.5 petabytes (or one million gigabytes). For comparison, if your brain works like a digital video recorder on television, 2.5 petabytes will be enough to record three million hours of TV shows. You have to leave the TV on and on "It's been for more than 300 years to use all of that storage," he continued.
Nevertheless, Reber continued that large brain storage capacity is precisely difficult to calculate. First, this is because humans don't know how to measure the size of their memory. Second, certain memories involve more detailed memory and thus take up more space; Other memories are forgotten and thus space becomes free. In addition, some information doesn't need to be remembered.
The human brain consists of about one billion neurons. Each neuron forms about 1,000 connections to other neurons, amounting to more than a trillion connections. If each neuron could only help store a single memory, running out of space would be a problem. You might have only a few gigabytes of storage space, similar to the space in an iPod or a USB flash drive. Yet neurons combine so that each one helps with many memories at a time, exponentially increasing the brain’s memory storage capacity to something closer to around 2.5 petabytes (or a million gigabytes).