New research suggests that our brains delete information at an “extraordinarily high” rate. Researchers from two institutes in Gottingen, Germany claim to have the answer for at least one question that has remained a puzzle:
Just how fast does the brain forget information?
According to the new model brain activity that the researchers have devised, the answer to that is:
One bit per active neuron per second
Fred Wolf of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization further explains, that “extraordinarily high deletion rate came as a huge surprise,” and it effectively means that information is lost in the brain as quickly as it can be delivered.
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Reference: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/new-research-suggests-our-brains-delete-information-at-an-extra/