Brain Question

[FortunaMaximus]

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It's weird as [censored]. There doesn't appear to be any single location in the brain for memories, and damage to different regions can affect memory in different ways. Memory storage is also a mystery, but it's clear some kind of "optimization" happens.

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Redundancy. I thought memories were stored holographically within the brain in different areas? Is this still speculation? This might be a defense against damage to one area, as you can draw a memory from multiple loci within the brain.

With an estimated 100 billion neurons, it's clear you have a lot of room for redundancy and potentially a huge number of combinations. And storing a single memory wouldn't take many of those combinations, even with several layers of redundancy.

Capacity? It shouldn't be infinite but it's pretty damn massive. Since you can reuse a neuron or set of neurons to store different memories with the same reference bases (specific colors, scents, etc.)

It's going to take technology/science a long time to decipher this, but it's amazing that nature evolved such a wonderful neural net on its own.