preface
July 6, 2006, Jingcheng University.
The large lecture hall was full of people, and even the aisles were full of young students.
"Please be quiet, and now we have today's keynote speaker, Dr. Lei Shi from the University of California, Los Angeles."
With applause, a well-mannered young man who looked to be in his early thirties stepped onto the podium.
"Thank you, thank you, it's a pleasure to be here today to communicate with you, and the topic I'm going to talk about today is, the mystery of memory."
"First of all, I would like to ask you, what do you think memory is? Is memory an objective existence? Do all living things have memories? ”
"Memory, in a broad sense, is objective existence, which is the immediate state of matter or traces of changes in material systems, the basis of the evolution of species on our planet. Genes are the carriers of this memory, which enable living organisms to adapt to changes in the environment and ensure the continuation of species through evolution. ”
"And what we humans call memory, usually speaking, is actually the memory of the brain. It is the response of our human brain to past experiences, the mental process of accumulating and preserving individual experiences in the mind. ”
"And in addition to what I just said, we humans actually have a kind of memory that we humans share as living beings, and I call it physiological memory, or muscle memory."
"Although human activities are controlled by the brain, when we do a certain activity or action for a long time and persistently, then the muscles will adapt to this change, and when we do the activity or action again, our muscles will respond before the brain, which is what we call habits."
"Speaking of this, I have to mention one person, my country's famous basketball player, Liu Han, everyone should know it! I think everyone should be familiar with his life! He is known as a pitcher beyond God in the NBA, he led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Olympic medal for the first time in the Athens Olympics in 04, it can be said that he is a great basketball player, the pride of our Chinese all over the world, and he is also my idol, and there is no one. ”
"Everyone knows what he has achieved, but everyone may not know that he actually started to get into basketball at the age of eighteen, we all know that in the sport of basketball, the training of athletes is very time-consuming, and Liu Han only started to contact basketball at the age of eighteen, and it is really a miracle of miracles that Liu Han can achieve his current achievements. Moreover, the least known thing is that Liu Han actually suffers from a very special brain disease, his brain is much stunted than ordinary people, and it is estimated that his intelligence at the age of eighteen is only equivalent to that of an eleven-year-old child. ”
"After God closed a window for Liu Han, he opened a door for him. His body is different from ordinary people, his muscles have an unparalleled super memory, and this memory seems to have nothing to do with the brain, and his muscle learning ability is terrifying. I was fortunate enough to work as an interpreter for Liu Han when he first arrived in the United States in 1994, and I witnessed the birth of a great legend at my alma mater, who learned most of the basketball skills in less than half a year, which others may not be able to do in a lifetime. According to the research video, Liu Han's projection arc in the open three-point position is almost the same every time, and the direction and speed of the ball are almost the same, which is called a miracle in the NBA......"
Two hours passed in a hurry in a wonderful presentation.
"My speech is coming to an end, in August, Liu Han will lead the Chinese team to participate in the 15th Men's Basketball Championship, I wish him good results, thank you again!"