08-28-2014, 12:20 AM
(08-27-2014, 08:02 PM)ChristopherSea Wrote: "my recall is often pricked by words I remembered rather than scenes. I have been told by a friend and shrink that this is a known syndrome with a name. I cannot remember the word for someone whose memories are held in words rather than pictures...."Oh...how could I forget?
Tom, That is called rote memory. Rote memory is using words as opposed to ideas and relationships of mental
concepts, i.e. logical memory. In contrast, logical memory employs schemata via assimilation or mnemonic device.

Best,
tectak

