Self developed

Memory and the Brain "Nothing is  more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory." -Franklin P. Adams or Robert Benchley A bad memory is the last thing we'd want. We scold ourselves for forgetting to buy an important ingredient after we've come back from the supermarket. We scold ourselves because we forget our wedding anniversary and hence got a severe reprimand and a scold in return.  We scold ourselves because we forget our dental appointment and then got fined 200 Rs for a no-show. Unfortunately, even dentists act like policemen nowadays. One fines you for speeding, and the other penalizes you for not showing up. That does not bode well for our financial future; nor does it bode well for the future of our minds. What is memory? It depends on what perspective we look at it. In psychology, memory is a human being's ability to store and remember bits and pieces of information and eventually to use such information when the need arises.  Memory is used t...