In a message dated 7/13/01 5:35:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have a bad memory for various things like appointments, what I did
yesterday, my designs unless I write it all down, forget where I know
people from, etc.,
yet I have an excellent memory for phone numbers and other numbers.
I do all my banking via the net. I remember all the passwords and
numbers. I can recall a 28 digit number and a 24 sequence of numbers and
letters.
I wonder why my memory works for the numbers but for ordinary things.
Like I will go upstairs or downstairs for something and forget why I
went. Sometimes I forget what I am talking about in conversation will
just stop and think 'what was I saying' and need to be reminded!
I often cannot remember the correct track or album for Joni songs. I can
sing along to them happily recalling all the words but if they aren't
actually playing I can't recall the words at all. Same with Carly. I
can't even hum a tune that I have heard thousands of times. I can with
hymns and silly rhymes that I have heard only a few times and can recall
jokes. But ask me to hum a favorite Joni or Carly song and I can't.
weird.
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There's no doubt about it. Memory is extremely selective and
mysterious, and varies greatly from person to person.
