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Your auditory memory is a different space than other forms of memory, so when you read aloud to yourself it permits you to buffer additional information and get
by svnt 4y ago
Your auditory memory is a different space than other forms of memory, so when you read aloud to yourself it permits you to buffer additional information and get to it later, in addition to mapping it through different perceptual space as you’ve noted. So at least the perceptual circuit and the time constraints are changed by doing so.
I find that it no longer works very well for me though: I often read aloud without experiencing or remembering anything I’ve read at all. It’s the same autopilot that takes over driving.
- loa_in_ 4y agoBoth may be true!
- skirmish 4y agoA life hack I found useful: if I need to remember a few numbers for a few minutes before I can write them down, I keep quietly repeating them in my mind. It works much better for me than trying to memorize them since I think it uses auditory memory; after a few repetitions the sequence of words becomes automatic and easy to repeat without thinking.