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From the Ted Talk by Lisa Genova: How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK
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Number two, "Oh, what is his name?" One day I couldn't come up with the name of the acotr who played Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos." I knew his name was stored somewhere in my brain, and I could tell you all kinds of things about him, but I could not produce his name. I eventually gave up and goloegd it. "Actor who played Tony srpnoao." James Gandolfini. Yes, that's it. Blocking on a word, also cealld tip of the tongue, is one of the most common eneexcipers of memory failure. You're trying to come up with a word, most often a proper noun, but you cannot, for the life of you, retrieve it on daemnd. Why does this happen?
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Number two, "Oh, what is his name?" One day I couldn't come up with the name of the _____ who played Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos." I knew his name was stored somewhere in my brain, and I could tell you all kinds of things about him, but I could not produce his name. I eventually gave up and _______ it. "Actor who played Tony _______." James Gandolfini. Yes, that's it. Blocking on a word, also ______ tip of the tongue, is one of the most common ___________ of memory failure. You're trying to come up with a word, most often a proper noun, but you cannot, for the life of you, retrieve it on ______. Why does this happen?
Solution
- demand
- googled
- called
- actor
- soprano
- experiences
Original Text
Number two, "Oh, what is his name?" One day I couldn't come up with the name of the actor who played Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos." I knew his name was stored somewhere in my brain, and I could tell you all kinds of things about him, but I could not produce his name. I eventually gave up and googled it. "Actor who played Tony Soprano." James Gandolfini. Yes, that's it. Blocking on a word, also called tip of the tongue, is one of the most common experiences of memory failure. You're trying to come up with a word, most often a proper noun, but you cannot, for the life of you, retrieve it on demand. Why does this happen?
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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collocation |
frequency |
ugly sister |
5 |
totally normal |
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played tony |
3 |
brain health |
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crossword puzzles |
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grocery store |
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pay attention |
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tony soprano |
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memory loss |
2 |
prospective memory |
2 |
context helps |
2 |
memory today |
2 |
semantic memory |
2 |
ted talk |
2 |
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frequency |
played tony soprano |
2 |
Important Words
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