Brain's Cache Memory Found

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday April 15, 2004 @08:34PM from the forget-me-not dept.

Shipud writes "Electrical activity in a single section of the brain has been linked to very short-term working memory, as is reported at Nature. Very short-term working memory capacity is thought to be related to intelligence. In the same way that a larger cache speeds processing time, people with a greater capacity for holding images in their heads are expected to have better reasoning and problem-solving skills. The localization of this ability is a surprising finding, as until now it was believed that STWM was diffused throughout the cortex, rather than localized."

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Great by FS1 · 2004-04-15 20:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Is this going to lead to benchmarking people?

Employer: I'm sorry sir you don't have a big enough cache for our needs. We are going to have to let you go.
Employee: Man this blows i would be really upset but i forgot what you just said.

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1. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-15 20:45 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  so we can coin new phrases like:
  He's got the brain-cache of a Celeron!
  or
  I'm feeling pretty Celeroned after that party last night!
2. Re:Great by O2n · 2004-04-15 21:24 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  first thing I thought when I saw this article was : "Ok.. so what do I have to take to make this bigger?"
  Ok, people, brace for the "ENLARGE your cache by 3" in one month!!!" spam...
Hmmm. Sounds good. by VValdo · 2004-04-15 20:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Does the article mention anything about expansion modules? I'd read it myself, but I can't remember what we're talking about here...

What was I saying again?

W

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1. Re:Hmmm. Sounds good. by Burpmaster · 2004-04-15 20:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  More? Come on, 640k ought to be enough for anybody!
Overclocking Anyone?? by Genoxide · 2004-04-15 20:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Hmm.. Makes you wonder if it's possible to overclock your own brain. Some kind of implant with electric stimuli.. Or maybe some kind of chemical. Only, I can't quite figure out how to make a decent cooling solution, and I absolutely refuse to walk around with a heatsink attached to my forehead! ..Or if you find out how to stimulate that part, maybe some good oldfashioned brain exercise to increase your cache and speed. On second thought.. Nah.. Not really geeky enough ;)
1. Re:Overclocking Anyone?? by powerlinekid · 2004-04-15 20:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I know a guy named "Larry" who runs a business out of an alley selling products that do this. I'd give you his card, but hes really damn paranoid about cops.
  
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Re:My brain is classified as AMD by kfg · 2004-04-15 21:37 · Score: 5, Funny

. . .my head gets extremely hot when I do my Calculus exams.

Like, dude. That's what the propeller beanie is for.

KFG
Re:My brain is classified as AMD by Polkyb · 2004-04-15 22:28 · Score: 5, Funny

I gave up using fans years ago... Too inefective against the awesome power of my brain

Now I use Liquid cooling (you may know it as beer) which has the effect of not only cooling, but also negating the general awesomeness

I call it, improving standards by lowering expectations.

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Obligatory Simpsons Quote: by Gadgetfreak · 2004-04-16 00:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Sgt. Friday: "Are you sure this is the woman you saw in the post office?"
Burns: "Absolutely! Who could forget such a monstrous visage? She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal."
Smithers: "Uh, Sir? Phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago."
Burns: (measuring Smither's head) "Of course you'd say that... you have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter!"

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