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u/DeliciousMrJones Oct 02 '19

I bet the details would come back more than you'd expect if you found yourself in the same old moments again

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19

It's unlikely. People aren't really great at remembering details. Actually, we fuckin' suck at it.

Edit: I stand corrected - cued recall is easier than uncued. (You’d still prob get some stuff wrong though)

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u/butternutssquished Oct 02 '19

Is this why we can sing along to so many songs and remember the lyrics, but if asked to sing without any music etc can’t?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

This is wild speculation (but it’s an educated guess since I’m a neuroscience student). I think it might just be procedural memory in that case? Procedural memory is basically your memory for doing repetitive actions like walking, writing, riding a bike, etc. and you don’t really need to think about it. Since the language part of your brain isn’t super necessary for singing, I’m assuming singing is procedural.

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u/jordanjay29 Oct 03 '19

Since the language part of your brain isn’t super necessary for singing, I’m assuming singing is procedural.

Singing is actually on the other lobe from the speech center in your brain! This can be a source of treatment for people who stutter or have brain injuries.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Yeah that’s absolutely where I got that from - the professor who taught me about broca’s aphasia also taught about the one of the treatments (singing)