https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15 Elephant Memory en-us 2017-03-07 05:23:07 UTC 2025-10-24 18:46:41 UTC hello@padlet.com alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236515 The organism I used for this assignment was an elephant. Elephants are marvelous creatures, and in my opinion, their most exceptional trait is their memory. Elephants have a large temporal lobe, and can store more information than humans can. The temporal lobe is composed of folds, and each fold contains different memories.]]> 2017-03-07 05:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236515 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236745 I thought of several problems that I face in my every-day life, and one of the biggest problems is that I have trouble remembering all of the tasks that I need to accomplish in my busy life. I find myself thinking of something when I cannot write it down because I’m driving or completing another task. By the time I find a moment to stop and write the thought down, I have forgotten what I was thinking of in the first place. I also have trouble organizing my thoughts when I’m trying to study for a test. I don’t have a photographic memory, and I feel as though I run out of “storage” for new information in my brain. I forget the repercussions of forgetting—I forget that forgetting can lead to disappointment in myself, or from others. This is a problem that affects me in my job and school life.]]> 2017-03-07 05:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236745 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236905 The adaptation I have chosen to use for this assignment deals with an elephant’s brain and memory. Elephants have large brains that are composed of many folds or lobes, which allow them to store more information. The human brain is almost four times as small as an elephant’s, which is still considered to be small in comparison to the elephant’s massive size. The memory, in both humans and elephants, is typically found in the temporal lobe of the brain. The temporal lobe is dense and contains many folds that each house different information based on how we instruct our brains to store the information.]]> 2017-03-07 05:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158236905 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237051 I am going to take an elephant’s brain cells, and incorporate them into a vitamin that I can take each day. Elephants’ brains are larger than humans, but what truly allows elephants to have better memories is the increased size of the temporal lobe in their brains. The temporal lobe is the part of the brain that is associated with memory. These lobes each contain different pieces of information, and the plethora of room allows elephants to store even more information. These vitamins would increase the amount of information I can store in all of the folds in my brain. They wouldn’t increase the size of my brain because then my head would need to be bigger, so the vitamins will make my lobes fold into one another more deeply, allowing me to store more information in my human-sized temporal lobe (memory).]]> 2017-03-07 05:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237051 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237105 I  would place an elephant’s brain cells into rods that go on a headband. I would convert the brain cells into liquid, and then attach them to the headband. The liquid brain cells would be inserted into my scalp and then soak into my temporal lobe and increase the depth of my lobes, which would then increase my memory capability. These rods would need to be changed weekly, and would need to stay in a low pressure, cold enclosed environment such as a refrigerator or cooler.]]> 2017-03-07 05:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237105 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237179 A third prototype I would make to this creation would be to liquefy the elephant’s brain cells and incorporate them into a hair conditioner. I would need to wash my hair with the conditioner daily to experience maximum results. The hair conditioner would be infused with elephant brain cells, which would soak into my brain and temporal lobe when I wash my hair. The conditioner would be a thick consistency because you wouldn’t want to liquefy the elephant brain cells too much as it would lessen the strength of the cells themselves.]]> 2017-03-07 05:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237179 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237274 The fourth, and final prototype I would make that would improve my memory by incorporating an elephant’s brain and temporal lobe would be to put an elephant’s temporal lobe in a hat. The hat can be changed depending on the wearer’s personal preference, or where they need the increase in memory the most. I believe that my fourth prototype, a hat with an elephant’s temporal lobe in it, is the best prototype for my problem because this would allow me to wear the hat when I’m learning, and take it off when my brain needs to relax. The other adaptations that I made would increase my memory capability, but they would also cause my brain to develop a tolerance to the elephant’s brain cells, and I would eventually stop gaining more lobes in my brain. If I were to use a hat, that can be taken on and off without actually penetrating my brain, I am able to store things in my memory when I need to, simply by putting on my Memory Cap.]]> 2017-03-07 05:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158237274 alisonannelarue https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158238082 Memory Hat]]> 2017-03-07 05:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonannelarue/npanirfwei15/wish/158238082