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Is it theoretically possible for our memory to become full to the point where it can no longer record information?
Geoffrey Clark
Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
I can say that at 71 years of age my memory is indeed full of all sorts of stuff, but I can’t remember what I had for breakfast! I think my brain is indeed full.
David Nye
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
No. Memory is encoded in the brain by networks of neurons, whose interconnections – called synapses – have been altered so that they are linked together in a way that represents the memory.
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