How much information can the brain hold?

I don't know, but I want to to know how much information can the brain really hold?



In computer memory terms, does the brain hold 1 terabyte of information or even more?



I mean the brain can process sound, images, feelings, calculations (though limited), language, etc.



About how much, in computer memory terms, can the brain theoretically hold?How much information can the brain hold?A human brain is way too powerful than a computer machine. A computer machine needs instructions to work whereas human brain is a commander which instructs the whole body to work. Normally our brain processor usage is 2-3% that means we implement just 2-3% of what our brain can actually process. You cannot measure its accuracy or status or how much it may store as it depends on circumstances and from person to person.



When you have an exam you might be able to store alot of raw data in it but as the time will pass by all that data will be erased automatically but in some cases it may sustain.How much information can the brain hold?There is no standard unit for the amount of information the brain stores. For instance, if you remember what someone said, is there a quality to the sound in your head 128kbps or maybe 400kbps. However our brain recognize all the words and therefore the information you would have are the words he spoke in order and his what his voice sonds like. If you ever wanted to play audio file in your brain, your brain would simply put the words, in the person's voice.



There is also something called photographic memory. Assume you were standing at a random bus stop on some random day and you saw a car pass by. Coming back to today if I ask you the question what was the colour of the car, you wouldn't have a hard time answering it. However if i ask you what is the number of the car, you would become blank. Although, you can picture a car of its colour passing by in your head you cannot 'understand' what is written on the number plate.



Like the computer, your brain recognizes speech of humans in his voice and parts of images with its function, for your brain already knows it from preabsorbed information and logic.

So this way, ur brain doesn't record every sound or visual motion pic., rather it tries to compress it as far as possible.

Beleive it or not if you memorized something about 10 years before now and never revised it, you actually forget it. But you forget it only because the information is your brain inacessible to you. So every information ever recorded it always there in your but not acessible to you except for the one that are at the top of your head.

A simple analogy could be the running programs in the taskbar compared to the answer of "What's up?" in your mind.



What can you brain store?

--%26gt;information

--%26gt;processes or logic

--%26gt;muscle memory

--%26gt;reaction to stimuli

--%26gt;significant event

--%26gt;feelings and opinions to external happennings

and thats why we humans can come up with an equation for everything.



What you are reading, the visual picture of it is actually pu in the brain. The brain hears through the ear(microphone of brain), sees through your eyes(cam of ur brain), feels through skin(heat, motion, impact sensor of brain), smells through nose(smoke detecter of brain). So the sense organs are simply hardwares of our brains.



Believe it or not, at an average, only 3% of our brain space is used in whole of our life. I had read this smewhere. I dont recall where. And that means i cannot access the source of that argument in my brain but I believe its true because i recall the fact i read it somewhere from a reliable source.