Prospective memory

/ April 7, 2013

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A lazy blogging Sunday for me as I am reblogging instead of writing my own! However, the two blogs about memory being posted today are worth reading.  Thanks Jami and Nate.

Enjoy your day, and remember to love more deeply, laugh more often, forgive yourself and anyone you feel has wronged you, dance occasionally, and be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is facing some kind of battle.

What is prospective memory

Published on March 28, 2013 by , in Exploring Dementia

“There are several different systems that can be used to classify the different types of memory.  One commonly-used system refers to prospective memory and retrospective memory.  Prospective memory involves remembering to do a particular thing at a particular time, such as going to a doctor’s appointment or return a rented movie in time.  Retrospective memory, on the other hand, involves remembering people or events that have taken place in the past.  This could include what you spoke to the doctor about, or the fact that the movie starred your favorite actor.” Read more…

 

Following on from this, I decided to reblog part of this next blog, as it might be a good solution for prospective memory problems for everyone.

How the iPhone Solved the Prospective Memory Problem

A reminder where you need it, courtesy  of the iPhone.
Published on October 26, 2011 by Nate Kornell, Ph.D. in Everybody Is Stupid Except You
“The prospective memory problem has plagued humanity since humanity began (and perhaps well before then). The new iPhone 4S (and the iOS 5 software upgrade) may have solved it.The biggest advance in the new iPhone is Siri, which “understands” what you tell it to do. If you tell Siri “Remind me to put the laundry in the drier when I get home,” it will use GPS to track your location, and when you get home, it will pop up a message reminding you to do the laundry.

Siri is special because it uses GPS. Your digital calendar can remind you to do something at a certain time (like go to the airport). But prospective memory often requires doing things at a certain place (like ask for exit-row seats at the airport check-in counter). Siri is also special, of course, because you talk to it instead of having to type.” Read the whole post…

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2 thoughts on “Prospective memory”

  1. What a nice compliment you pay me by reproducing my words here, and expanding on them with the words of another. You’ve done a marvelous job of relating two different pieces of writing. Far from showing any “laziness,” it shows how perceptive your mind still remains. May it continue to be so, for some time to come.

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  2. Watch the vocabulary Kate 🙂 Why not change that sentence from lazy Sunday to peaceful Sunday? We really must start to watch what we not only speak to others, but even more importantly ourselves. Your day is anything but lazy my friend, just restful and peaceful 🙂 Just a thought. Blessings and hugs….VK

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