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Humans remember four things at a time
The Times of India ^ | 12 Jul 2007, 1320 hrs IST | ANI

Posted on 07/12/2007 9:27:19 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick

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To: CarrotAndStick

If I recall my Junior year Psychology class, this is called “chunking”, where the mind groups and retains information in bits of four or five.


21 posted on 07/12/2007 9:46:39 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Retired Greyhound
I look at it this way...lying about your IQ is like lying about your age.

People have it bass-ackwards: People say they're younger than they really are, but they should be saying they're older than they really are. Then, they get compliments about how good they look...you'll never get that if you're trying to pass yourself off as younger than you really are.

I tell people I'm dumber than a box o' rocks.

22 posted on 07/12/2007 9:47:04 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
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To: Hegemony Cricket

LOL


23 posted on 07/12/2007 9:47:34 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

I have 5 things to say about this:

1) It’s stupid
2) It’s lame
3) The study was a waste of time
4) The study underestimates the human capacity to retain facts
5) .......um .... hmmmm.....ah, never mind.


24 posted on 07/12/2007 9:50:36 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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To: MortMan
Men =

1. SEX

2. Sports

3. Food

4. Sleep

*chuckle*

25 posted on 07/12/2007 9:51:53 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: joebuck
Many consider him the most "intelligent" person of the 20th Century. In reponse to this Einstein retorted that "imagination is much more important than intelligence."

That sort of validates my observation over time that fans of Science Fiction tend to have above average IQs.

My ex was extremely clever, but dumb as a box of hammers. But she was a neat OC and she thought Scifi is a total waste of time.

26 posted on 07/12/2007 9:52:28 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Similar to Yogi Berra on baseball:

“90% of this game is half mental”

27 posted on 07/12/2007 9:54:00 AM PDT by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: weegee

Here’s a thought. Until Jimi Hendrix Experience and Creem emerged in or about 1966, rock bands had a minimum of four members, and almost always two guitar players, or a guitar player and a keyboard player. Then the three man bands came, and now two man bands (White Stripes, the Black Keys.) What does it say about the listeners?

Who can remember the names of the six original Rolling Stones? Who was the 7th man in the early lineup?


28 posted on 07/12/2007 9:54:26 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Revolting cat!
"Who can remember the names of the six original Rolling Stones?"

The Stones were never as good after Brian Jones died.

29 posted on 07/12/2007 10:02:55 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: CarrotAndStick

What if the participant are hungover?


30 posted on 07/12/2007 10:03:27 AM PDT by Porterville (I'm an American. If you hate Americans, I hope our enemies destroy you. I will pray for my soul.)
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To: Publius6961

Heck, I do that and I only have 2.... one of each gender!


31 posted on 07/12/2007 10:11:24 AM PDT by Grammy ("Ms Pelosi is a very difficult person to embarrass." Fred Thompson, 4/11/07)
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To: TRY ONE
“90% of this game is half mental”

I think he said, "90% of the game is mental. The other half is physical."

32 posted on 07/12/2007 10:13:32 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: #1CTYankee

LOL.


33 posted on 07/12/2007 10:15:45 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: stayathomemom

I was told that you lose half of your mind with each pregnancy. I have four children and I couldn’t always disagree if that helps.


34 posted on 07/12/2007 10:18:38 AM PDT by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: isom35
john, paul, george, ringo, and pete best. there, I beat it.

but you forgot Stu Sutcliffe :^)

35 posted on 07/12/2007 10:19:48 AM PDT by Samwise (Official Fred Head)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Beer, pizza, sex, nascar. Sounds fine to me.


36 posted on 07/12/2007 10:20:55 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Who are you and what have you done with Hermione Granger?")
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To: CarrotAndStick

Somebody’s been reading the memory game in “Kim,” and decided to put it to the test.


37 posted on 07/12/2007 10:26:37 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Total nonsense, coming from Pop Psychology magazine. The ability to remember nonsense words or random numbers has no correlation at all with intelligence.

“cat” “thermometer” “cloud” “light switch”. 4 unrelated words. Can you remember them? If so, or if not, it has no connection with your intelligence.


38 posted on 07/12/2007 10:28:41 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: OCCASparky
Sex, sex, beer, and sex.

Yep. Four things.

Since this was done at the University of Oregon, you have to replace one of the 'sex's with 'pot' to have an accurate account of this research's findings...

39 posted on 07/12/2007 10:28:56 AM PDT by hunter112 (Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

bump


40 posted on 07/12/2007 10:30:29 AM PDT by VOA
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