August 30ths
8/30/2006 People who stutter often speak in the voices of other characters in order to avoid stuttering. (The brain provides a heuristic as a solution to hide or mask the problem.) It’s like the woman with Alzheimer’s who forgot how to speak, but could sing songs and remember all the lyrics. Singing is a form of avoidance or creative diversion from the stress involved in speech. 8/30/2009 When you hear something for the second time, your mind returns to ‘memory landmarks’ set on first hearing, and are automatically recalled on second review. Try this yourself: listen to a program with a mobile audio device, such as a podcast, while taking a walk or traveling somewhere. Play the program a second time, and you will recall locations (encoded visual memories) directly associated with various parts of the program. These landmarks tend to fade over time, but if emotionally charged at the time of encoding, may become more salient, especially if re...
