Moonwalking With Einstein Ch 1-2

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References

Moonwalking with Einstein Ch 1-2

Memory

Other Research On Memory

Baker/baker paradox

When shown faces, people are more likely to remember that the person is a baker rather than their last name is Baker

Knowing someone's profession provides many more neural links than does a proper noun

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Scanned brains of London taxi drivers

They had larger right posterior hippocampus, which is involved in spatial navigation

The brain is a mutable organ: neuroplasticity (Foer, 2011, p. 38).

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The Special Case of "S"

Drawbacks

Unable to distinguish between useless & useful material; can't prioritize or generalize; unemployable (Foer, 2011, p. 36).

Trouble understanding abstract concepts & metaphors b/c of all the images (Foer, 2011, p. 33).

Synesthesia: hearing/reading words/ numbers conjured up images, sounds, tastes, textures

"Take the number 1. This is a proud, well-built man; 2 is a high-spirited woman; 3 a gloomy person (why, I don't know); 6 a man with a swollen foot; 7 a man with a mustache; 8 a very stout woman--a sack within a sack"(Foer, 2011, p. 33).