# How humans store information? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-humans-store-information/818735 "2018-07-28T16:37:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-humans-store-information/818735/1 "2018-07-28T16:37:39Z")
I often wonder how much is known about how humans store information and how we deal with different types of information. Obviously I only have my own brain for reference. 70 years old now and have noticed a steady but slight decline in my ability to recall words and factual information. I actually think this started at about the age of 40. My ability to stay with something until I grasp it has somewhat improved with age so that helps out a lot. ``` I wonder, is all the information from the past still in the brain but we are just unable to recall it? Or has a lot of it actually been erased? ```