The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It

Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by gcanyon on Monday September 04, 2023 @10:45AM (#37380955)

I'm (obviously) not sure if this is related, but I know my brain has its own ideas about utility: I can easily recall the names of all seven castaways, and many actor's names in general, but I have to write down the names of people I worked with for two years so I can recall them later.

And I can feel this messed-up sense of utility: even though I know in the abstract that real people's names are far more important, my brain experiences noticeable pleasure upon recalling pointless minutiae that it just doesn't for many more useful things. Hello, forty digits of pi, good-bye, python co-routines -- which I read about two days ago and now realize I need to read about again.

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by V__ on Monday September 04, 2023 @10:57AM (#37381083)

I'm in the same boat. I can recall faces and where I saw them extremely well, but boy o boy am I able to forget your name while you are saying it to me.

It is as if nonesense is more fun for the brain and therefore gets remembered better.

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by quickthrower2 on Monday September 04, 2023 @06:38PM (#37385813)

I have problem with both faces and names of occasionally meet people, which sucks. Or often met people who I haven't seen for years.

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by selimthegrim on Monday September 04, 2023 @11:10AM (#37381221)

Where did you read about python coroutines?

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by optimalsolver on Monday September 04, 2023 @11:42AM (#37381563)

In your comment, just now.

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by quickthrower2 on Monday September 04, 2023 @06:40PM (#37385828)

Droll

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by gcanyon on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:11PM (#37383865)

In the massive cheat sheet that was posted a couple months ago. Here’s the link: https://gto76.github.io/python-cheatsheet/

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by selimthegrim on Monday September 04, 2023 @03:48PM (#37384234)

Thank you for the pertinent reply.

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by greggsy on Monday September 04, 2023 @12:13PM (#37381861)

I have the same problem occasionally, and I think you’ll find that you’re not alone, and (probably, hopefully) not getting early on set dementia.

I have observed that it gets better the more often you call people by their name. I.e. practice…

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by coldtea on Monday September 04, 2023 @05:41PM (#37385388)

>my brain experiences noticeable pleasure upon recalling pointless minutiae

Could be adhd "excitement driven" focus/memory...

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Re:The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It by getwiththeprog on Monday September 04, 2023 @08:40PM (#37386598)

IMHO one remembers the names of celebrities because the TV has hacked ones brain.

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