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Category Archives: memory
Performance
A while ago, I heard a news item about a Dutch artist who had created “God’s answer-machine”. It was a real answer-machine; when you rang it the message said (in Dutch) something to the effect that God wasn’t in right … Continue reading
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ZIP – the cure for the ‘Embarrassing Kid’
For the latest van der Graaf Generator album (A Grounding in Numbers), Peter Hammill penned a song called ‘Embarrassing Kid’ wherein he lamented the fact that he could not escape the mistakes of his younger, and more foolish, self. Well… … Continue reading
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The perception-memory continuum
One of the wonderful things about reading through this material about perception is that I come across phrases like “the perception-memory continuum”, which (frankly) sounds a bit too Star Trek to be true. Another phrase which I have recently relished … Continue reading
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Synaesthesia
A couple of nuggets have cropped up on the theme of synaesthesia. The first was a talk at Newcastle Uni. that I didn’t manage to attend. The talk, “Synaesthesia as a Disturbance of Memory and Perception” was given by Dr … Continue reading
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working memory in infants
A while ago Radiolab did a marvellous programme ‘Words’ on language and cognition. The first 2 contributors discussed cognitive development and language in young children. Following that link I came across this book of papers edited by Hood and Santos … Continue reading
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cerebellum and speculation
I was listening to Lecture 9 from Prof. Gerald Schneider’s course from MIT Open Courseware on Neuroscience & Behaviour . He made a comment to the effect that the cerebellum (which deals with learnt action routines) receives input from all … Continue reading
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Nuggets about memory
Two areas that lie at the heart of understanding object handling are the notions of memory and association. Unfortunately, these topics seem to be at the limits (or perhaps beyond the limits) of scientific understanding of human thought. Some stuff … Continue reading
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holding the moment of holding 