I was sitting down getting ready to go to sleep when a thought struck me.

How can memories be stored in an atom, in all honesty a cant think of how this happens. Anything from movement to thoughts or anything for that matter, us humans do, i dont see how anyone can explain it in a molecular sence.

CTR

The current theory on how memories are stored in the brain involves ring-like cellular structures colapsing and traping particles at certian points in the ring.

I'm not a neurochemist, so I don't understand how that does anything. But I'm sure that there are articles online that I am too lazy to go find right now.

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Originally posted by Prometheus:
The current theory on how memories are stored in the brain involves ring-like cellular structures colapsing and traping particles at certian points in the ring.

I'm not a neurochemist, so I don't understand how that does anything. But I'm sure that there are articles online that I am too lazy to go find right now.

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Current theories of learning and memory are "connectionist". That is they focus on the connections between neurons rather than the "atomic". I've actually written a paper on artificial intelligence that gives a synopsis of both theories if anyone is interested.
http://www.totse.com/en/technology/computer_technology/167529.html

Quantum computers work similarly, depending on the spin of the atom.