As the technology advances, I watch more and more of these brain studies come out. Many of them are fascinating; many bring new information to light. We're learning...

I often end up back at a core question — as I did, reading this — of whether our biology is actually capable of keeping up with the speed of our technological advance.

We take the fundamental concept that an organism adapts to its environment; and humans are an organism. We adapt. But our technological changes are moving SO fast... can our brains actually keep up? Or are we getting to the point where technological advances are starting to register as "trauma" to our brains?

So, in reference to your post and the article... my ability to remember (or not) stuff is less related to emotional/non-emotional states than to simply the amount of data that's inbound. Sometimes my brain feels like a hard drive in desperate need of being defragged. I can't remember a freakin' thing!

Now, another variable might be that I'm in my 50's, so the flexibility of my neural net is less than it once was. Makes me wonder about the age group of the people in the studies. We're they college students? Older? A mix? Does it even matter... I don't know.

But I do enjoy taking my brain out and playing with it!