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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by dumpsterdiver on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:07AM (#35900080)
> also useful to point out that historical verbal tradition trained a very specific type of memory recall

I'm genuinely curious, why do you think this is relevant? How would you differentiate "specific types of memory recall" scientifically?

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by stevenhuang on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:54AM (#35900398)
Cued recall in the form of verbal tradition is often criticised to be subject to inaccuracies as, for one example, stories accrue embellishments over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_(memory)

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Re:When you lose the ability to write, you also lose some of... by ethbr0 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:14AM (#35901555)
In Appalachia that's just called storytelling. :)
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