Can I overpower my brain ???

Question

ok i'm 15 years old...a student, as you may guess and i was watching some of the Kim Peek and Daniel Tammet videos on youtube the other day and i just wanted to know ( from someone who knows what their talking about) can the brain know so much that it forces information out of itself to make space for anything new that might be comming in ?? again i dont know if i am asking the correct question so any information is welcomed. ( oh and yes i know kim and daniel are both a little diffrent, brain wise so please dont get into how their brain works, if possible please explain how "ours" works.

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

An electric shock has overpowered my brain by the sixties.

Since I am on SSI checks, cause that of your question fits this as an answer.

Answer 2

yes it is a form of amnesia. the brain can become so overwhelmed that it shuts down temporarily and all previous memories are gone. there are recorded cases and are usually bought on by stress

Answer 3

like a aneurysm

Answer 4

Someone did the research for me:

Current estimates of brain capacity range from 1 to 1000 terabytes!

"Robert Birge (Syracuse University) who studies the storage of data in

proteins, estimated in 1996 that the memory capacity of the brain was

between one and ten terabytes, with a most likely value of 3

terabytes. Such estimates are generally based on counting neurons and

assuming each neuron holds 1 bit. Bear in mind that the brain has

better algorithms for compressing certain types of information than

computers do."

http://www.sizes.com/people/brain.htm

I like this explanation:

"The human brain contains about 50 billion to 200 billion neurons

(nobody knows how many for sure), each of which interfaces with 1,000

to 100,000 other neurons through 100 trillion (10 14) to 10

quadrillion (10 16) synaptic junctions. Each synapse possesses a

variable firing threshold which is reduced as the neuron is repeatedly

activated. If we assume that the firing threshold at each synapse can

assume 256 distinguishable levels, and if we suppose that there are

20,000 shared synapses per neuron (10,000 per neuron), then the total

information storage capacity of the synapses in the cortex would be of

the order of 500 to 1,000 terabytes. (Of course, if the brain's

storage of information takes place at a molecular level, then I would

be afraid to hazard a guess regarding how many bytes can be stored in

the brain. One estimate has placed it at about 3.6 X 10 19 bytes.)"

http://www.geocities.com/rnseitz/The_Gre...

The Technology of Storage

http://www.moah.org/exhibits/archives/br...

However, we only use a small percentage of our brain so I believe the human brain POWER is nowhere near coming to an end within future generations.

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Answer 5

short answer: probably not going to happen in your lifetime because your brain is constantly sorting and "deleting" unimportant things, to make space for other things that you need to remember more

keep in mind you have more than a terabyte of memory in your mind (google it if you don't know what it is)

Answer 6

No. your brain only remembers a small fraction of everything you see, touch, smell, taste, and hear. Then your brain only uses about 3% of its total power at one time. You will never have so many things in your head that you can't rember other things. Although, you can become busy and forget to do things, because you can only focus on so many facts at once.