Spatial or 3-D memory storage

[HydrogenBond]

The social science topics include psychology so I would like to teach something that isn't fully understood by psychology. It has to do with the nature of the 3-D memory that is stored in the right side of the brain.

 

By 3-D memory I don't mean just a physical arrangment of memory data but the way the memory is organized so it acts as an integrated whole. For example, one can store the names of all the cities in USA on a flat disk or as a 3-D array. But this type of 3-D memory array is still just a collection of unique data points. The 3-D memory in the right side of the brain is different in that data array acts as a singular memory that has a 3-D or spatial integration to it.

 

Let me give a practical example. If we look at the color yellow, it may have a name like lemon yellow, stored in the left hemisphere of the brain. In the 3-D memory grid of the right hemisphere of the brain it is just generic yellow. The left side of the brain may store an array of the hundred most common yellow names. It can retrieve and recite the data as needed. The 3-D memory equvilent, on the right side, although only using the same 100 data points, can nevertheless see yellow in 10,000 different shades, even yellows that have never been labeled before. If one wanted to use the creative right side of the brain, they could come up with names for all of the 10,000 yellow for the left side to memorize. But 3-D data storage only needs a relativelly small data base in 3-D to be able to extrapolate tons of situations that have the common 3-D connection to each other.

 

The 3-D memory is sort of highly compressed memory that can extrapolate between linear and logical components in the array since the entire arrray is one integrated 3-D data organization. It can create and absorb new similar data if it is part of its 3-D integration.

 

Computer memory stores data as linear arrays, although the physical geometry maybe in 3-D for faster retrieval. If new data appeared out of the array it would be considered memory error. It suppose to stay linear with an exact correspondance. The programmer will use logic to retrieve data along certain logical parameters. The 3-D memory doesn't use 2-D logic (cause and affect) to retrieve data. It can extrapolate new data that is not originally in the array. This is not a memory glitch or a programming error but a type of 3-D logic for extrapolating data. It is often creative and unexpected and therefore not in touch with cause and affect, but with cause, affect and extrapolation in 3-D.

[moo]

Interesting. But doesn't extrapolation fall outside the actual function of "memory" as the term is commonly used (i.e. data storage)?

 

moo

[HydrogenBond]

The brain memory storage is different than semi-conductor in that the neurons are far more plastic and therefore able to change parameters such as branching and firing rates. These changes are environmentally pertubatable. The local environment are other neurons which are also defining memory structures. Their potential interaction causes changes in the stored memory leading to extrapolations.

 

A good analogy would be setting up an array of bottles containing water at different temperatures. The thermal exchange will result in some loosing heat and other gaining heat. If we insulate the bottles so the thermal transfer is very limited (long term storage), it will only very slowly exchange heat over time. If we reduce the amount of insulation (short term memory) the transfer can occur much faster.

 

If we blend the two, i.e, long term (insulated) and short term (noninsulated) some odd thermal arrays can appear, with quicker thermal changes also following slower paced changes. If add sensory input to this, we get something analogous to IR beam arrays overlapping the fixed neural arrays as they head toward equilibrium.

 

A good example of this combination of affects is a scientist pondering a phenomena. Through study, research and experience, a memory array is built around this phenomena and is constantly extrapolating to logical conclusions, leading to further research. All of a sudden new data appears that is off the charts. This is analogous to an overlapping energy array (not sure whether to fully accept this data in the short or long term memory or not). Nevertheless, it is intriguing and begins to alter the array with a whole new range of possible implications, i.e., extrapolation. If the data is bogus, the beam is removed, and the array, using the long term capacitiance of fixed memory returns. But changes were made by the beam of bogus data making it hard to fully return to where it had been heading, because it opened a new extrapolated window.