I was just playing with a "memory game" (of grid squares filled in and not filled in ) and found that to remember more complex configurations I created patterns as a memory aid. For example, if there was a block of three squares in one corner and two separate squares elsewhere, I would remember the pattern that way, i.e., one block of three squares in a particular corner (which itself has a certain internal configuration of the three squares), a separate square at another location (where the "other location" has some simple geometric relationship to the corner with the thee squares), and another separate square at another location (which is related to the other two locations). That is different from remembering 5 distinct squares at five specific locations. And when I got the answer wrong, I was "close" -- often off by selecting a neighboring square rather than the correct one.
*-- Russ Abbott* *_____________________________________________* *** Professor, Computer Science* * California State University, Los Angeles* * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 Google+: https://plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ * vita: *http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ *_____________________________________________* On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Victoria Hughes <[email protected]>wrote: > Easier to interpret the sabertooth in the underbrush, and procreate > thereby. > > From a visual maker's perspective, the human compulsion for pattern > recognition leads to much of the engagement of art, in all forms. > > Tory > > > Tory Hughes > unusual objects and unique adornments > www.toryhughes.com > www.toryhughes-galleryshop.com > > > > On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > > http://goo.gl/J363l has a conversation on the YES OP. > > I found it interesting that our brain can use pattern recognition to > decode scrambled text as easily as it does. > > -- Owen > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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