Human memory is more than what we think about it, there are many unknown facts about human memory and scientists are still researching on the understanding of human memory. So today we have enlisted some surprising facts about human memory that are really going to amaze you.

1. memory storage capacity of humans:-

Surprisingly, the brain has more than enough space to store an immeasurable amount of information. A rough calculation by Paul Reber, Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University suggests that the brain can store 2.5 petabytes of data, that’s 2,500,000 gigabytes, or 300 years worth of TV.

2. Duration of human memories:-

Memory has two components- short term and long term. Most short-term memories only last 20 to 30 seconds and before becoming the part of long-term memory, the information has to first pass through the short-term memory.

3. Sleep and memory:-

Sleep is important to memory. Although scientists do not know exactly how it affects the brain, it has been shown that sleep aids storage and retrieval of long-term memories.

4. Caffeine’s effect on human memory:-

Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that is said to increase mental alertness but it cannot maintain the memory performance.

5.  When human memory starts to work:-

Scientific research has shown that the human brain starts remembering things from the womb. Memory begins to work 20 weeks after conception.

6.  Memory lapses:-

Did you ever encounter a situation in which you entered a room and immediately forgot the reason to go there? It is one of the strange memory lapses, caused by doorways, i.e. when you go through different doorways.

7. False memory:-

There is such a thing as “false memory”. Researchers are beginning to understand that the human mind can create, exaggerate, distort, or re-invent a memory after a traumatic experience or something that impacted them greatly.

8. How memory works:-

The brain processes a huge amount of data every day, so clearly, it needs some kind of ‘triage’ system for determining what is important stuff that needs to be remembered and what can be erased from our memory.

9. Aging does not affect memory:-

You will be surprised to note that aging does not have a direct effect on memory and the loss of memory is simply because you use it less as you age.