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>As added support for this view, I can contrast with the relatively uncommon experience of having some experiences unified: when listening to an audio book, my
by jcims 2y ago
>As added support for this view, I can contrast with the relatively uncommon experience of having some experiences unified: when listening to an audio book, my brain often (but not always!) ties the experience of the book with my physical location at the time. When I return to that location, the experience of being there is inextricably tied to the portions of the book I heard in that place. I can't really remember one without the other.
I've noticed something similar with podcasts. It's usually when I first listen to it while driving. When I listen to that segment again I have this intrusive, prolonged, real-time replay of what was going on at the time I first heard it.
It doesn't feel like memory because while I'm watching this replay I can remember portions of it with typical poor fidelity from the usual memory of my brain. It's very odd, and as someone with a generally terrible memory it's something I wish I could figure out how to channel. It clearly is what people talk about when they describe photographic memory, it's incredibly detailed.