• Question: why is it when we stop doing our work for a bit then we forget what we are gonna write?

    Asked by 12rhianna to Becky on 25 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Rebecca Cook

      Rebecca Cook answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      You forget, the human working memory for language is only able to hold roughly seven items in memory at a time.

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  • Photo: n3rdy

    n3rdy commented on :

    Besides language some people’s memory is totally awesome. People can remember whole decks of cards in order in less than 30 sec. Can you believe that! I can only remember 10 cards roughly in more than 2 minutes. Totally Amazing.

  • Photo: Becky

    Becky commented on :

    People that can do that use ways to learn the deck of cards, this means its is commited to memory more than just passing through the brain. I saw a 10 year old child on Child Genius remember a whole deck using this method! Its something with practise a lot of people can learn to do!