'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memories like 25-year-olds

Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by hbogert on Sunday July 11, 2021 @07:42AM (#27800051)

like 25-year olds? Give me my memory which I had when I was 3-8 years old, I can still 'taste' the sunshine through green sunscreens we had in elementary school. The faces of teachers and fellow scholars so vivid.

Anybody else have that experience that once you're 20+, your brain is full and only x-amount of stuff is retained per day. I sometimes don't remember what I had for dinner the day before, but I remember some esoteric option to a one-time used application on the commandline from 2 weeks ago. Scary, because it makes me look ultra-dumb for everyday stuff which I have to do in a normal house-hold.

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Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by mlboss on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:11AM (#27801438)

What you experienced in your younger days is totally possible at anytime of your life. You just need to quite down the thinking mind.

Mind has a habit of either ruminating about the past or imagining the future. Once you quiet it down the NOW appears with all its shininess and vivid colors. Meditation helps a lot. I had a realization 10 years back and after it I can switch my brain to NOW anytime.

Meditation is a good way to achieve it. I got this ability after reading “Power of Now” by Echary Tolle.

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Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by daniellarusso on Sunday July 11, 2021 @07:55AM (#27800111)

I kind of think that is your subconscious not needing to put a bunch of effort into ‘storing’ recent meals versus prioritizing ‘memorizing’ tools you have used and how to use them.

I have vivid memories from preschool, but, ask me what happened last week, and I will need to check my bash history. j/k

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Re:'Superager' brains resist the march of time to have memor... by ragesh on Sunday July 11, 2021 @07:54AM (#27800107)

This happens to me, too. At some level, I think it's a function of my mind deciding to only retain what's novel and filter out the day-to-day noise. Perhaps my dinner from two days ago was simply not remarkable enough to remember. But the 8 year old me probably found every day to be a new and wondrous experience.

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