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I think a significant portion of my brain (Similar in size to the knowledge from my Bachelor's degree) was dedicated to remembering every quest and map up to Wo
by foxyv 8y ago
I think a significant portion of my brain (Similar in size to the knowledge from my Bachelor's degree) was dedicated to remembering every quest and map up to WotLK. It's surprising how much I still remember from 7 years ago.
- vanderZwan 8y agoFunny enough, that might also reveal something about how human brains store information: locations on a map sounds suspiciously compatible with the method of loci (aka "memory palace", thanks to a more recent incarnation of Sherlock Holmes) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_of_loci
- Retra 8y agoMusic is also very easy to remember.
- vanderZwan 8y agoIIRC there is recent research confirming it is at least partially stored in the same are responsible for muscle memory, which supposedly explains quite a few things.
- ZeikJT 8y agoIf that is true, the obvious question is why is it stored there?
- vanderZwan 8y agoWell, there are strong ties to movement in music. There is a reason that you don't dance to paintings, literature or poetry. So one option could be that music arises partly from our motor functions to begin with.
- vram22 8y ago>There is a reason that you don't dance to paintings, literature or poetry. Ha ha, well put. Although poetry is sort of like music, a bit, at least rhyming poems are. Just looked it up, this article is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme