Re: CHAT: Parallelism

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, David T Shoda wrote:

> I agree.  Remembering such things as numbers and names does involve
> finding and processing patterns and relationships.  Ambiguity
> arises in attempts at remebering information aurally.  More likely a
> person will visualize for clarification or maybe attempt to recall general
> concepts rather than think in sounds.
I can remember almost any text much more easily if I set it to a tune
I know very well - for instance one of the Orthodox church tones.
It's not a question of the words belonging to the tune, as the same
tune is used over and over in church music (i.e. in a sixth-tone
week, we sing dozens of different short texts all to the same tune).

Probably I need some framework to hang the words on, an arbitrary
pattern. Visual patterns don't help me much; in fact to remember
something visually, I have to describe it in words (not "sounds" -
written words will do) if only to myself.

   Irina

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