tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post1030365915304158227..comments2023-06-30T08:11:21.391-04:00Comments on Treehugging Physicist: "Girly" Isn't A Derogatory Wordwritelhdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03717311559866135208noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post-55911707999578586302010-05-10T01:16:47.885-04:002010-05-10T01:16:47.885-04:00its not synaesthesia just to have strengthened mem...its not synaesthesia just to have strengthened memory by adding color and shape associations to concepts... that is exactly how memory works. By using colors and shapes you engage multiple modalities, recruiting more of your brain to the task and make more complex and strong associations, which is the neural basis of a memory. The more you engage your mind, the more salient an experience appears and the longer it will last/better it will be encoded. These tricks work almost universally, @the you most certainly should expect these tricks to work for anyone else. Granted, just with synaesthetics, everyone might use a different color or shape for each idea, but the general method would hold. Indeed the whole concept of synaesthesia might suggest that those people might have more potent memory mechanisms because any given experience recruits more sensory modalities than in the average person. But, since memory is a competitive process, ultimately you'd still be pitching the same relative signal strengths "against" each other, so perhaps not.... anyway congratulations on rediscovering intro psychEvan Masseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971352458077345922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post-16604953195015578132010-05-09T04:32:17.751-04:002010-05-09T04:32:17.751-04:00I find that I (female) do exactly the same.
Especi...I find that I (female) do exactly the same.<br />Especially the redrawing, relabelling, ensuring that it looks 'neat' thing.<br /><br />Adding colours I try to restrict myself from (initially). Mainly to avoid spending too much time on it (initially).<br />But indeed, it makes the end-result so much more pretty, *and* easy to use.<br /><br />TLWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post-45658403108288274392010-05-08T08:51:22.422-04:002010-05-08T08:51:22.422-04:00Fascinating. At a guess, I'd say you have some...Fascinating. At a guess, I'd say you have some mild synaesthesia, which you've found a way to make useful in helping you remember how these rather advanced theoretical concepts work. So, good for you, and keep it up... but don't expect your system of colour-labelling to work for anyone else.<br /><br />Congrats on disassociating "feminine" from "inferior", also, and embracing aspects of yourself which might be somewhat "girly".Jackabughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643687246075760897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post-14529150199698335842010-05-08T02:13:27.990-04:002010-05-08T02:13:27.990-04:00@Anonymous: I do!@Anonymous: I do!Emnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244433167140958422.post-37818859346123971832010-05-08T01:48:43.710-04:002010-05-08T01:48:43.710-04:00who careswho caresAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com