Re:Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory: Study
by heymijo on Saturday December 09, 2017 @08:26AM
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It's communication! And the first step in communication is communicating with ourselves.
Step 1: In your head
Step 2: Aloud (to yourself or others)
Step 3: Written
Ever notice how that thought you have in your head that makes sense suddenly is incomplete/non-sense/wrong when you try to verbalize it? Our minds are great at tricking themselves into believing they understand things.
Writing is the next level. Take something you talk about and try to coherently communicate it on paper. More incompleteness/non-sense/wrongness may be revealed.
For something you are an old hand at, you may not notice much difference between what's in your head, what you can verbalize and/or write. But take something nascent and the contrast will be sharp.
Verbalizing and writing are two tools we have for communicating first with ourselves and then with others.
Re:Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory: Study
by CaptSpify on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:05PM
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I never really thought about it, but when I write, I do tend to talk to myself. I also often write out concepts that I have difficulty verbally expressing. Interesting...
Step 1: In your head Step 2: Aloud (to yourself or others) Step 3: Written
Ever notice how that thought you have in your head that makes sense suddenly is incomplete/non-sense/wrong when you try to verbalize it? Our minds are great at tricking themselves into believing they understand things.
Writing is the next level. Take something you talk about and try to coherently communicate it on paper. More incompleteness/non-sense/wrongness may be revealed.
For something you are an old hand at, you may not notice much difference between what's in your head, what you can verbalize and/or write. But take something nascent and the contrast will be sharp.
Verbalizing and writing are two tools we have for communicating first with ourselves and then with others.