Memory Definition and 306 Threads

what exactly is a photographic memory and is it possible for someone to devolp it??

Stephen Hawking's excellent book, "Universe in a Nutshell", explains holography as a phenomenon of interference of wave patterns. Light from a laser is split into two separate beams, one bounces off the object and gets reflected onto a photo-sensitized plate. The other beam is reflected into a...

Hi everyone, It's been a while since I've had physics. I can catch on quickly once pushed in the right direction but a friend is in a college level physics class that I once had and she needs help. I've tried to answer some questions but I don't know if my logic is right, or if I'm even...

I've heard it said that small fish, like you would keep in an aquarium, only have a few seconds of memory. If this is true, why do they develop patterns of behavior? I have two small fish one of them is a Red Molly (I think that is the name) that has developed certain habitual resting areas...

A scientific model why memory aka consciousness cannot reside solely in the brain: http://www.nderf.org/Berkovich.htm

if we had no memory, would we observe motion?? would we observe motion if we have no memory?? i.e. a ball rolling on a table -- if we had no memory at all, then would we be able to remember that an instant ago, the ball was a little over there?