One of the benefits that I have personally experienced from this study is the fact that, though the effects have dissipated, the study continues to be a great source of information for anyone who wants to learn more about how our brains work.
Another benefit: I still have a good laugh when I hear the term “retrospective memory” mentioned. It seems to be a funny term to use when talking about something that’s only been around for just a few days. Retrospective memory is when you remember the past but you don’t really remember why you’re remembering.
Retrospective memory is a great term because it is an old-fashioned term that has a lot of meaning and can be applied in a variety of ways. In this case, if you are talking about your memories, then youre talking about any type of memory – visual, auditory, tactile, etc. – but if youre talking about your past, then youre talking about the memory itself. As such, I think it’s a great term to use with our studies.
I think the best example of this in the studies is the study of our memories. We all have a very consistent set of memories. They go from morning to night, to year, to decade, to day, to hour, to minute, to second, and every one of these memories goes back to the exact same exact moment in time. Those memories don’t change as people age, but they also don’t change very much.
So for example, the memory of who we once were changes from one day to the next. The memory of who we are as adults changes from one decade to the next. The memory of who we were as children changes from one year to the next. The memory of who we were as teenagers changes from one day to the next. The memory of who we were as young children changes from one second to the next.
There are lots of studies that show that the brain retains much of its plasticity even after we die. Some of the benefits of age are that the hippocampus and other areas of the brain are larger, the hippocampus is more connected to the rest of the brain, and so on. What’s interesting is that a number of studies of individuals who are still alive decades after they’ve died show exactly the same benefits.
Scientists have also shown that the brain is actually able to change memory and neural circuitry to adapt to the changes in the environment we experience. For example, a study by the University of Texas showed that a person, who was once a brilliant scientist, could perform the same amount of science on a computer as if he’d died suddenly.
This is why I get so excited about all of the studies that show that our brain regrows neurons and makes new connections. A study of a young woman in her 40s who was a very competitive athlete, who was once a champion tennis player, who was a top-ranked tennis player, who was a top-ranked chess player, etc., etc. etc., etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
This is why I love the brain and how it changes and develops over time. I think it is the most fascinating thing in the world.
And I think that anyone who’s ever watched a video of a human brain grow and change over time is in the same state of mind. It’s not exactly like watching a child’s face, but I think it’s more like having a parent watching a child play or a person at a party who’s been watching for a while and has picked up on the same sort of patterns.