turbo memory

[benthinkin]

who is going to answer the ultimate challange? if you have ever been in an auto accident then you know the slow motion effect i am referring to. now if we can douplicate the brains reaction to impending danger in a pill form or some other stimuli, think of the memory storage we are capable of. in a blink of an eye you can recall details like you are still in the car now, like what cd went past your face and what side it was. if we took all the money spent on all research and dumped it into brain research and memory we could fix all the problems twice as fast.

[OBonio]

The problem being, a lot of money is already being spent on brain research, and we're still not really sure how it works.

[kwicky]

Its surprisng how many people involved in car accidents suffer from amnesia leading up to the crash. I know of someone who suffered from this and even though not his fault refused to attend the court case where the guilty driver was charged.

Also remember Dianas bodyguard who lost all recollections about what led up to the crash in the tunnel.

It must be natures way of blocking out horrible events.

[tubeway]

After my Motorbike accident, I had amnesia to the extent that I woke up in October and thought that it was March (I even missed my birthday). I found it very difficult to get my head around the "missing" months, but eventually my memory returned - right up to the time of impact - but the seconds before the crash are in slow motion.

[boobesque]

adrenaline is the answer. the stress response kicks in which makes your brain work overtime. If you have ever heard of those highly strung business types who have a heart attack at 40 then this is due to constant stress. So if you could store double the memory but for only half of a normal life then they cancel each other out?

[Iggle Piggle]

Ever since my road accident 12 years ago, I occasionally get flashbacks where the slow motion part you describe is re-visualized in great detail. After the accident, for a few weeks I kept seeing the accident happen from outside the car.
Very wierd and not at all nice.