[Ducati] anatomy of a wreck (was New to list (Tony))

[mike major]

Makes sense to me, of course when it was explained to me by my Dr. in
1966 we knew a lot less about the function of the brain than we do
now.  All I know for sure is that the tape isn't there and ain't
coming back, probably for the best.  Moonbeam

On Nov 3, 2007 6:53 AM, John Filak <jffilak at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "mike major" <textike at gmail.com>
> >Memory is a funny thing.  I had a really bad one in 66, the reason I
> >have an artificial hip etc and at first I didn't even remember riding
> >a motorcycle, or living in California or recognise my then wife.  Over
> >time the memory returned right up to the image of the car making a
> >left turn in front of me but I will probably never remember the actual
> >impact.  I'm told that the mind tends to filter out things too painful
> >to recall.  Perhaps some of the details of your actual impact were
> >wiped from the tape, so to speak which makes it harder to analyze what
> >happened.  Anyhow, glad to hear that you are working on it and hope
> >you are on the road again soon.  Later, Moonbeam
>
>
> There was a spot on HBO a couple of months ago about brain trauma.
>
> The theory is that the brain takes several seconds to burn-in the memory of
> events, and maybe more to really cement it. We are not conscious of this as
> it is a continous process. When something occurs that interrupts the burn-in
> process, the event doesn't commit to memory. It's nothing at all lie the
> brain trying to filter, or anything like that.
>
> Example: It's also why most people are lousy about rememebering names when
> in a social situation. You meet somebody, they say, "Hi, I'm Lenny", then
> then go straight into an engaging discussion about something. You walk away
> 5 minutes later, and can't recall the guy's name. That's because the brain
> engaged the conversation so quickly after hearing the guy's name that it
> didn't have time to commit the name to memory. Same thing when in an
> accident whenever you "get your bell rung".
>
> I'll bet Peter can relate to this ... dumps his bike, is immediately KO'd,
> and can't recall what happened. There simply wasn't enough process time
> before the lights went out.
>
>
> John Filak
> Potterstown, NJ, USA
>
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