tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post4526341568798072435..comments2024-03-11T07:25:29.540+00:00Comments on Nicola Vincent-Abnett: Writing and the Memory HypothesisNicola Vincent-Abnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04865608045342419682noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post-41248555078898424392013-05-30T18:11:43.570+01:002013-05-30T18:11:43.570+01:00According to my friends and family I have a freaki...According to my friends and family I have a freakishly good memory. Sometimes my wife accuses me of telepathy when I skip to the thing she is thinking because she forgets we had a conversation about it last year.<br /><br />Ironically I have to work hard to remember that most people cannot pick up a casual conversation weeks later or put two things they saw days apart together to make a hypothesis without having taken notes. So I spend a certain amount of time over-repeating things because I do not know how many times average people need to hear something before it sticks.<br /><br />My memory seems to be influenced by - or influenced - working as a trial lawyer for years: if I read/hear something I will be able to remember and analyse it so I can deliver complex arguments without needing to stop to refer to notes. However, if I do take notes I forget almost straight away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post-41317287281089366342013-05-30T15:41:03.511+01:002013-05-30T15:41:03.511+01:00Funnily enough, Catherine said much the same thing...Funnily enough, Catherine said much the same thing. Is it chickens or eggs, though? Do we remember details because we like to tell stories, or do we tell stories because we have good memories? Strange, isn't it? And rather wonderful, I think.Nicola Vincent-Abnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865608045342419682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477143695543382552.post-73037490679271882842013-05-30T15:37:06.157+01:002013-05-30T15:37:06.157+01:00You may be onto something! I can remember the grea...You may be onto something! I can remember the great satisfaction of crawling fo the first time, the cool pattern of tiles under my fingers, the end of the passageway that seems so big to me now but I didn't know I was so small. Detail comes easily, and now I observe and recall new things the same way. Perhaps being so nosy and observant provided all those memories, and makes us weave stories. Rebecca Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474010455394752000noreply@blogger.com