If the human brain's storage could be measured in Megabytes or Gigabytes how big would it's capacity be?

Question

I would like to know if it is possible to measure the brain's storage capacity.

Answer 1

human brain dont have any limit, the more you use it the better it gets so basically you gonna get more storage, but thats not possible cuz even the most intellectual ppl use only a small proportion of it.

Answer 2

We don't really have enough information about the brain to make an accurate count, but some estimations have been made between 2 TB and into the thousands of Terabytes. 1 TB is 1000 GB by the way, (and 1 TiB is 1024 GiB, though base 10 is usually used for storage rather than base 2).

Here's quite a simplistic estimation of the brains computational prowess and storage.

http://www.mattbamberger.com/content/Let...

Answer 3

Note---This is not my work or writing, its all plagiarized.

But I was so fond to find out myself I also researched it, and I came across this fine interesting answer::enjoy

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...

Answer 4

it would be impossible to convert that to some measurable amount, but its would be immense.