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Originally Posted by Wander
Has anyone had problems remembering emotional memories? Such as having a deep discussion about your marriage, or having an argument with your Dad and forgetting it ever happened the next day? My ex-husband is like this. He can recall all the dialogue from The Simpsons and has a great memory otherwise it is just emotional stuff that he forgets. Just curious if anyone else has heard of, or had, this problem.
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OMGosh. Because I am SUCH a nerd, I had to look this up myself. Very super generally, yes. The different types of stimuli you mentioned are processed very differently, and that may account for your exes' bad memory. Emotional information is processed by the amygdala and visual memories are processed by the occipital lobe. The parietal lobe is the part of the brain most active in remembering things we hear, but humans are notorious for truly having things go "in one ear and out the other." It's not a fault; it's just how our memories are created. You can attach the visual stuff to the memory of
The Simpsons, but not to the discussion of your marriage, perhaps because it lacks images. Also, that just might be the way he learns: by seeing, so he's naturally good at it. We all learn differently. I need to read and write to learn. Others might need to touch something to learn it well. There are auditory learners out there, too.
That's it for today's lesson. LOL
Love,
The Nerd