According to a test we did in my first-year psych course, I have a very poor short-term memory (and an excellent long-term memory, partly because I intuitively use word and image associations to memorize things.) I’ve always done well in school pretty easily, possibly because my learning style is well suited to the most common teaching styles.
Your car accident story is fascinating. I’ve never been put into a situation like that before, and I tend to worry how I would react–would my brain be able to rise above the immediate shock to reach the ‘alert and analytical’ level that you reached, or would I freeze and be useless?
Well, let’s hope you never have to. I didn’t think I’d have a situation like that, either.
That experience itself is similar to the hyperfocus state of ADD/ADHD—can anyone corroborate? I have had that diagnosis, then had it revoked. I have my own self-theories, including having low WM (which is why I recall that study), but I should really go try something like http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/
May I ask what you plan on studying? School was extremely easy for me once, and then extremely difficult (to complete).
I have difficulty classifying my different kinds of memory as good or bad, and am often confused when others classify their own memories. I have poor verbal recall, short or long-term. I find it very difficult to remember poetry, unless it’s sung. but, I never had a problem memorizing poetry when that was assigned in school—I just practiced saying it for a few days, and I had it. After I stopped saying it to myself all the time, I forgot it again.
I try never to argue with someone about what specific words were used in a conversation a year ago, the previous day (or often even an hour ago). However, I have very good short-term aural memory—whatever the last few moments of sound I heard have been, if I need to recall them, usually can sort of play them back, even if I wasn’t paying much attention. This means I am often able to identify the exact words that have just been spoken, even when the speaker doesn’t realize they’ve misspoken. I have good linguistic memory, and good spelling memory, but my ability to recall something that could just as well be one thing as another (like exact words versus my interpretation of general meaning) is I think below average.
So, do you have a generally poor short-term memory, or are there some things you can repeat or recognize perfectly shortly after seeing or hearing or feeling them?
Thank you for the well-thought-out comment.
According to a test we did in my first-year psych course, I have a very poor short-term memory (and an excellent long-term memory, partly because I intuitively use word and image associations to memorize things.) I’ve always done well in school pretty easily, possibly because my learning style is well suited to the most common teaching styles.
Your car accident story is fascinating. I’ve never been put into a situation like that before, and I tend to worry how I would react–would my brain be able to rise above the immediate shock to reach the ‘alert and analytical’ level that you reached, or would I freeze and be useless?
Well, let’s hope you never have to. I didn’t think I’d have a situation like that, either.
That experience itself is similar to the hyperfocus state of ADD/ADHD—can anyone corroborate? I have had that diagnosis, then had it revoked. I have my own self-theories, including having low WM (which is why I recall that study), but I should really go try something like http://www.cambridgebrainsciences.com/
May I ask what you plan on studying? School was extremely easy for me once, and then extremely difficult (to complete).
I have difficulty classifying my different kinds of memory as good or bad, and am often confused when others classify their own memories. I have poor verbal recall, short or long-term. I find it very difficult to remember poetry, unless it’s sung. but, I never had a problem memorizing poetry when that was assigned in school—I just practiced saying it for a few days, and I had it. After I stopped saying it to myself all the time, I forgot it again.
I try never to argue with someone about what specific words were used in a conversation a year ago, the previous day (or often even an hour ago). However, I have very good short-term aural memory—whatever the last few moments of sound I heard have been, if I need to recall them, usually can sort of play them back, even if I wasn’t paying much attention. This means I am often able to identify the exact words that have just been spoken, even when the speaker doesn’t realize they’ve misspoken. I have good linguistic memory, and good spelling memory, but my ability to recall something that could just as well be one thing as another (like exact words versus my interpretation of general meaning) is I think below average.
So, do you have a generally poor short-term memory, or are there some things you can repeat or recognize perfectly shortly after seeing or hearing or feeling them?