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Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Can't tell the difference between short-term and long-term

Denis Fesik — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:56:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: Denis Fesik
Post title: Can't tell the difference between short-term and long-term

If I have a 200k-word project and remember anything relevant about it at any time I'm working on it, does this qualify as short-term or long-term memory? I'm sure many people here can appreciate the kind of bewildering feeling I get every time I read a translation where the same term is translated differently in consecutive sencences for no obvious reason. I went to two different secondary schools (the first one also being a primary school) and two different universities, so here are the stats of me remembering the names of my classmates: 100% for the first school, less than 50% for the second school, and 0% for both universities. 1421748 and 5330956 are the phone numbers we and our late grandparents had way before we had to dial +7 to make a phone call (and there was no way to dial a "+" anyway because our phones were old-school). There's a list of words about which I know for sure I'll never remember what they mean no matter how many times I look them up. My mom still gets surprised by how much poetry I can recite without refreshing childhood knowledge, so when me my ex-girlfriend had a poetry night at a cafe, I did most of the talking. Wish I could say with confidence that I'm the kind of person who only remembers things that are worth remembering. And yet there seem to be many such things I used to remember but have forgotten

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Wasn't the previous poll ...

WolfgangS — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:18:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: WolfgangS
Post title: Wasn't the previous poll ...

...about wasting time?

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Good/excellent

Liena V. — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 13:11:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: Liena V.
Post title: Good/excellent

I no longer remember everything like I used to and sometimes have to check notes to make sure I haven't forgotten something (I usually haven't, but still have to check).

Same for long-term. I still remember birthdays of all my classmates from 25 years ago, phone numbers and other completely useless data (never understood why my brain had to store it, it was mostly annoying), but may mix up or forget something from more recent past.
I do wish I had a better memory of history and other things which do not directly affect my life but are actually interesting and which I need to "refresh" more than I'd like to.

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Poor

CasaPhil — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: CasaPhil
Post title: Poor

What was the question again?

Philippe

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Other

neilmac — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 07:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Other

Worse than it used to be. At my age, short-term memory becomes less acute than it used to be. I do notice it deteriorating, but as long as I can still function I'm not panicking about it.

[Edited at 2024-07-28 07:47 GMT]

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory? | Excellent

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 21:47:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Excellent

I have an excellent short and long-term memory but I must admit that when I run into people that I haven't seen in a long, long time I often can’t remember their names (my age is to blame)…

[Edited at 2024-07-28 08:05 GMT]

Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?

ProZ.com Staff — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:10:04 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How would you rate your short-term memory?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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