A Velcro Brain

Concreteness influences recalling    

Our perception is that if we want to remember something that we need to stuff it into our brain.
At those times we often do not realize that different kind of info will be stored in different ways at different locations within our brain.
You can test this.
Down below I will ask you to remember specific info about various subjects.
I want you to take a look at these questions. Let's say 5 -10 seconds per question.
While doing this, I want you to be as conscious as possible. Pay close attention to your own thoughts while questions are being processed by your brain. If you do this right, you will notice that remembering can differ per subject. 

  The nature of our memory

This exercise was developed by David Rubin. He wanted to show us that our brain will store different kind of information at different locations within our brain. Every kind of info will activate a different mental activity.
 
 
Exercise 
  

1. I want you to see in your brain's eye: New York.
What do you see? 

2. Now I want you to remember "Paradise by the dashboard light" of Meatloaf. Can you hear that song? 

3. I want you to imagine the "Mona Lisa" of Vincent van Gogh. 

4. I want you to visualize seeing you running through your house you grew up in when you were young. Try to imagine as vivid as possible. 

5. I want you to define the meaning of the word: "Truth". 

6. I want you to imagine a melon. 

7. What is the definition of a melon?
 
 

What happened? 
  

1. In order to see "New York" your abstract brain was activated. 

2. It is very likely that you heard the song "Paradise by the dashboard light". 

3. The moment I asked you to visualize the "Mona Lisa" you probably "saw" the drawing instantly. 

4. When asked to go back to your childhood, you probably smelled things; you heard sounds, saw images and events. Chances are that these images were very 'sharp and clear' and probably very detailed. 

5. Although you are very aware of the meaning of the word "truth", you probably noticed that your brain started to search; you needed (some) time to think about that, isn't it? 

6. You probably had no problem seeing, smelling and tasting the melon, right? 

7. But to define a melon is a total different ball-game, isn't it? 

Personally, I love to be aware of things like this. I love to feel the perception differences.
 
 
Velcro under the microscope 

This exercise also proofs that our brain functions like Velcro.

One side of the Velcro contains little loops and the other side contains little hooks. If you bring these two together the hooks will hook itself in the loops and therefore the two will stick together. 

Our memory is not different from this. The more hooks you give to an idea you have, to more you brain will be likely to recall. Later, in this training, I will teach you how to give your mind more hooks in order to be able to remember more and better.   

Let's start and go to just mind map