Short-term memory

To the OP...

Everyone is different when it comes to memory issues.

When I get calls from customers that I have done work numerous times I still draw a blank when they tell me their name, but when they tell the PC/Laptop/Problem they have/had I tend to remember them straight away.

I also do a lot of voluntary work to do with social housing with my local council and and terrible at remembering names but can tell the job titles of people I cant remember names for!

Unless you find yourself leaving the house and going back to check the door is locked when your are 5 feet away from it don't worry too much.
 
I only tend to forget short term memory stuff when I'm not fully paying attention.

I'm only 18 though so still a bit to go before it goes downhill. :P
 
i recently had a conversation with someone and they practically repeated back to me what we had talked about over the past 3 months word for word and i didn't remember any of it. Kinda embarrassing. (oxymoron i know)
 
BrightonBelle said:
lose things.
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This is the worst thing... I have NO CLUE how I manage to lose things so easily. I just subconsciously put them down I think.

I'm trying to find a receipt that I "put away somewhere safe" at the moment and can't for the love of God find it anywhere. I've been looking for days! :(
 
I have a terrible short-term memory, it plays havoc with my work. The fact that I'm not 100% 'into' my job doesn't help matters either, I'm doomed!

Fear not PianoBasher, you're not alone! :(
 
I have an exceptional memory and have been a weed enthusiast for many years, what's more I'm 100% certain that it has improved and not detracted from my mental acuity.

You're far more likely to suffer memory loss due to the effect of alcohol and not just 'what the hell did I do last night' after a heavy night of it - long term abuse of it causes irreversible damage to the brain, not to mention everywhere else.

You might want to lay of the pints and partake in the vape instead, it's a shame that your family member succumbed to being a waster, but it's all too easy to offer weed as an excuse for it, when chances are it was something ingrained in that person all along.

Just to be clear, I'm referring to natural weed here - not some brutal, artificial strain of skunk, it's the difference between fine wine and harsh 80 proof rum, just to give you some perspective.


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Did you ever walk into a thread and forget why... you................... oooh a penny!

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FabienO said:
BTW short-term memory is only believed to be about 30 seconds long.
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Actually I was told something along these lines about performance: "Always try to play the last 30 seconds of your piece as perfectly as possible, as that's what will be lingering in the minds of the audience". So maybe that's right. :D

What was the question again?
 
For some things my short term memory is awesome - i.e. looking at a map, and then being able to find my way without having to refer to it again. For others, I can be really absent minded - but that's mainly down to being tired really. However I'm fairly organised and seldom lose or misplace things, but when I do... that's it, it's gone. I once called out the AA to unlock my car as I was sure it was in the boot of the car... turns out I had left it at my parent's house. :o

My medium term memory is poor compared to my short term memory.
 
There are theories of memory that psychologists use, one of the most common is the multi-store model of memory. This is basically where you rehearse things (sometimes subconsciously) to get it out of your STM (Short term memory; 30 seconds~, 7 items), encode it in to something your brain will understand, and then store it in your LTM (Long term memory; infinite amount of time and items). You will then retrieve it when it's needed... so maybe something's going wrong in one of these steps. There's also another theory (which I'm struggling to remember :P) where it states that you'll remember things better, based on whether they require semantic processing (actually thinking about it, crossword e.g.), structural processing (just looking at it and remembering it, a shape e.g.) and phonetic processing (the sound of it). Now if my memory serves me correctly, in order of best remembered to worst remembered, semantic, phonetic and then structural.

Some of what I've said above, may be slightly inaccurate, but if you're interested in the theories of memory, there's lots of information on Wikipedia and other sites.
 
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