X-Message-Number: 19333 From: Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 11:10:15 EDT Subject: squirrel memories --part1_11d.12f5dfe2.2a473ed7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Apparently squirrels, when hibernating, lose almost all their synapses (for instance). Does that prove that they don't lose their memories? It seems to me that for squirrels, like medical students, the ability to completely forget last year's information and replace it with this year's might be an advantage. (The squirrels benefit from forgetting last year's nut burial locations and replacing them with this year's, and the med students benefit by forgetting all their medical knowledge and replacing it with investment and golf skills.) Anyway very interesting post. It is about time that we figure out how our brains work! -Bill --part1_11d.12f5dfe2.2a473ed7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19333