The Nature of Memory
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Back in Ancient Greece, having a good memory was a sign of intelligence. Memory was an art – orators or public speakers would give long speeches with unfailing accuracy, without the aid of others or notes. Did I get that right? Do you have a copy of the script? Thanks. Oh yeah! Greek memory techniques continued to be popular throughout the Middle Age, where monks and scholars committed entire religious texts to memory. In the past 100 or so years, we started to think of memory more scientifically. n the early 1900s, when scientists were describing what our memory is like, they compared it to things like... A tape recorder. Or even a filing cabinet. And even a series of photographs. They’re interesting analogies, but the nature of memory is far more co...
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Back in Ancient Greece, having a good memory was a sign of intelligence. Memory was an art – orators or public speakers would give long speeches with unfailing accuracy, without the aid of others or notes. Did I get that right? Do you have a copy of the script? Thanks. Oh yeah! Greek memory techniques continued to be popular throughout the Middle Age, where monks and scholars committed entire religious texts to memory. In the past 100 or so years, we started to think of memory more scientifically. n the early 1900s, when scientists were describing what our memory is like, they compared it to things like... A tape recorder. Or even a filing cabinet. And even a series of photographs. They’re interesting analogies, but the nature of memory is far more co...
