X-Message-Number: 16405 From: "Joseph W. Morgan" <> Subject: Memory Retention Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 10:06:57 -0700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C0EB4B.C1B4CCA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" If someone is placed in cryostasis what will he remember upon reanimation? Everything or total amnesia? "Where am I?" is a good question. "Who am I?" is not. Using an analogy between a human brain and a computer, how much of our memory, knowledge, and personality are in volatile RAM and how much is in permanent storage like a hard drive? Does the complete cessation of electrochemical activity in the brain wipe it of memory like the RAM in a computer is wiped clean on shut-down? Or is there some form of permanent storage? I am aware that people have been revived after cessation of heartbeat and breathing. But has anyone ever been cold-booted, that is revived after complete cessation of brain activity? Maybe someone more knowledgeable in brain physiology can answer this question. Or maybe no one can. Joseph W. Morgan ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C0EB4B.C1B4CCA0 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16405