This is a bit of a strange one but I thought I’d share it anyway. To (very) briefly explain – at the heart of my story are questions about memory, and how our memories of life experiences affect who we are and how we behave. With that in mind…
It’s believed that our long-term memory comes in three flavours:
Episodic, Procedural and Semantic.
Your first kiss,
The best meal you’ve ever eaten,
Attending your daughter’s graduation,
Episodic memory covers the massive accumulation,
Of life experiences that are unique to you,
Things that have happened at a specific time,
At a specific venue.
Procedural memory comprises those skills,
That have been learnt,
But that we perform so effortlessly that it appears we weren’t,
Conscious of learning them in the first place,
Like riding a bike or tying a shoe lace.
And semantic memory is all about remembering factual information,
Such as capital cities or multiplication,
Often the sort of stuff you learn at school,
Right down to the most basic cognition:
That a cat is an animal and a hammer is a tool.
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Strange is good! I needed to see this. Thanks, Orange!
Kind words as always John. Thank you.
Lovely:)
Thank you 🙂
Sounds really interesting. I’m intrigued. I like the distinctions between the different types of memories. I hadn’t thought about the different categories. Well written post.
Thanks. I didn’t know anything about this either, until I started researching the novel… but I find it fascinating.
I can remember learning these when I did a small ten point OU psychology course. I’m fascinated by this stuff! I love the human mind.
It really is amazing when you get stuck in to it… I’m completely fascinated by what makes us who we are and how we remember past experiences.
I’m very interested in memory and how the brain works as well – very interesting
I’ve learnt something. And I’m aesthetically sated.
Strange? This is beautiful. You know what, I like the thought put in to this. I like the philosophical and scientific notions behind it. I can’t imagine what your thought process was when writing this, but…this is brilliant.
Thanks so much – really appreciate that. And the thought process?… ha, well that’s been long and complex. It’s all wrapped-up in the concept for the novel. Time will tell whether it’s got any greater value…
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My friends, BeautifulOrange. Check’em out. Deep is not a good enough to describe his insights.
made me think, great read 🙂
Thanks so much! Always happy to make people think!