On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Wallace Dixon went:

> Perhaps I'm just not getting it, but if it's a short-term memory problem,
> how are notes going to help?  Notes would help with a long-term memory
> problem, but with a short term memory problem, regardless of where
> information is acquired (notes or LTM),  there would be difficulty in
> holding information in place long enough to transfer it to the test answer
> sheet.

Wallace is correct.  I always tried to drill the STM/LTM distinction
into my students, and they usually got it, but overall it seems to be
a losing battle.

--David Epstein
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