I don't smoke or drink, but sometimes I think I'm a walking heart attack. I need a program just to keep track of all my numbers and passwords. My grandmother in Berkeley is from the old country in Portugal. I'd love to trade with her for a week. The human memory bank Nutrition and stress guru Dr. Dean Ornish, a professor of medicine at UC-San Francisco, says some patients feel overwhelmed by technology's frantic pace.
Technology can reduce stress, or it can add to it.
I tend to have the same password for everything. It's easier to remember. But even with familiar numbers and codes, the brain sometimes simply locks up. That is the reality. In terms of long term memory, there isn't necessarily a capacity limitation.