All memory is based on association, or at least all memory systems are. Memory systems are based on linking or chaining information you wish to remember, to information or images you already know. You probably have a hard time recalling the shape of Papua New Guinea or Sri Lanka, right? How about the shape of […]
Month: April 2011
Sarah Palin, a Red Bull and Casper the friendly ghost.
OK I know it’s a worn out cliché that most people rank the fear of public speaking as their #1 fear above even death. To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, at a funeral, most people would rather be lying in the casket than giving the eulogy. Well for most people the fear is real and it comes […]