Memory Loss

Memory Loss

Memory entails retention of the knowledge of an event and the power to recall. There are some 600 million nerve cells in the brain united together with numberless fibres into countless combinations which constitute what we call our memory. The fibres connecting the cells are known as association fibres; they provide the link between two objects and their knowledge. Sound memory depends on the rational grouping of ideas of things in the mind, so that one may call upon the other. The man who ponders most over the occurrences of his daily life will, other things being equal, has the best memory. But no training will make up for a deficiency of nerve cells and, association fibres, which are inborn characteristics.

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