My wife's memory retention solution is to be a passenger when I drive.
She says her whole
Iife flashes by...
On 21/01/2013, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Moose,
>
> I think your perception of the process is more accurate than mine. I have
> also "put in a request" for a name, while conversing with my wife about
> early experiences that we shared, and the name came to me some time later.
>
> Conditioning can also contribute to some of this. I grew up in one
> location, up though high school. My wife, on the other hand, spent her
> early childhood and early school years, on the road, moving a couple of
> times each year. While I learned the names of almost everyone in our small
>
> town (where she finally settled), she saw no reason to learn names, other
> than relatives, because she felt she would never cross their paths again.
> That habit still makes it difficult for her to recall names.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 12:23 AM
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>> On 1/19/2013 12:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Thanks, Jim. I think you're correct about new stuff pushing out the old
>>> (along with some of the new).
>>
>> It seems more subtle and complex to me. It seems more like the filing and
>>
>> access system gets more and more loaded;
>> perhaps more needs to be in slower access, long term storage.
>>
>> Example. A few months ago, I drove past the turn off to the area where an
>>
>> old friend and sometime employee lived. "Oh,
>> that's where Bill lived." But not a clue what his last name was. I
>> submitted a request to long term storage retrieval. I
>> can't remember how long it was, but at some point, his last name just
>> popped up.
>>
>> Doesn't work for everything, but I've been pleased with how often it works
>>
>> for me. Just "submit a request", no pressure,
>> no hurry, and most of the time, I get the info, sometimes in a couple of
>> minutes, sometimes longer. Still wondering if I
>> will ever remember another, more recent person's last name, though. Some
>> stuff does seem to have got lost.
>>
>> That's for simple facts. I've read a theory that what we store of more
>> complex memories is a precis, and that when we
>> "remember" that meeting, family gathering, etc., we just retrieve an
>> outline of high points and feelings, and recreate a
>> fuller "memory".
>>
>> Not hard to believe. I recall family gatherings where all of us talked
>> about long ago events. Much of the detail varied
>> a great deal among us.
>>
>> Remember? Moose
>>
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