{"id":89,"date":"2010-02-26T18:56:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T01:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2soar.info\/word\/?p=89"},"modified":"2010-02-26T18:56:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T01:56:04","slug":"recall-vs-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2010\/02\/26\/recall-vs-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Recall vs. Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent me an email the other day with one of those 20 question memory tests.\u00a0 <\/span>Put your score in the subject line and pass it on.\u00a0 <\/span>Get your pencil and paper ready and don\u2019t cheat by scrolling to the bottom for the answers. Ready, begin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I got 19 out of 20.\u00a0 <\/span>As I finished I realized that the only reason I did that well was because it was a multiple choice. This test was based more on recognition of the correct answer than recalling a fact.\u00a0 <\/span>Of course that didn\u2019t stop me from trying to figure out the answer before seeing the choices. What we do to ourselves\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So that\u2019s how it works\u2026you can actually stop feeling like you\u2019re about to lose your mind simply because your file cabinet of a brain is stuffed with everything you\u2019ve ever seen, heard and learned. \u00a0<\/span>I mean, in your entire life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I worry about my brain more these days then I did, say, ten years ago.\u00a0 <\/span>I find myself forgetting things much more often.\u00a0 <\/span>I keep telling myself not to worry about Alzheimer\u2019s until I can\u2019t figure out what to do with the keys instead of just where they are.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m also starting to recognize (there\u2019s that word again) that most of what I misplace is due not to aging but to not paying attention.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m simply trying to do too much at one time and something gets left behind (literally).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I notice there are fewer people my age at work these days.\u00a0 <\/span>They seem to be around the late thirty to early forty ages with an uncanny ability to recall all things they\u2019ve ever seen, heard, and learned.\u00a0 <\/span>They are also incredibly tech savvy (which I am not) so going forward I wonder if they will have brains filled with as much as people my age.\u00a0 <\/span>Will they be rewired to avoid storing anything? Will they know full well that they can summon up any bit of information they need within seconds for immediate use? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Or will they find themselves doing the same double game test of trying to recall the answer before the choices appear?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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