Another phenomenon is the expectation that one song will follow another on an album (or CD). Playing something on shuffle will sometimes create surprises when the expected sequence is violated.
Not all memories are encoded intentionally! :-) Claudia Stanny On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was young we played vinyl records which after many plays would > skip. Like many people, I was a big fan of the Beatles, so I'll use them > as an example. Now that I've been buying Beatles music, I often find when > I play their songs I get to certain places in the music and I EXPECT it to > skip, or at least I have a very clear memory that the song used to skip at > exactly this point. Not sure where this fits into psychology other than > memory in a broad sense, but I thought I'd throw it out there. > > Other people experienced this? > > Michael > > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > Host of The Psych Files podcast > http://www.thepsychfiles.com > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=14447 > or send a blank email to > leave-14447-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14450 or send a blank email to leave-14450-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
