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| From | druck <news@druck.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Subject | Re: Virtual Acorn and UAC |
| Date | 2015-12-20 23:31 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n57dka$eaa$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <55351b45bedave@triffid.co.uk> <55351eb909riscos@mdharding.org.uk> <553523408fdave@triffid.co.uk> <5535244179dave@triffid.co.uk> <20151220221918.4964183e@debian> |
On 20/12/2015 22:19, Folderol wrote: > I'm afraid I can't remember the source, but a research project was done where > students were tasked with memorising a group of objects on a table then walking > a short distance and writing them down. Half of them walked across to the other > side of the room and the other half walked through an open doorway into another > room with quite different decor, but the same distance. The ones that went > though the doorway were on average considerably worse in remembering. We did similar research at university, 4 of us went in to a room and drunk a bottle of vodka. One of us left, and the other 3 had to guess which one it was. > The theory put forward was that this goes back to primitive times when if you > moved into a different environment you had to very rapidly shut off anything > unimportant and assess the situation and identify and survival risks. The theory was quite simple, it was much harder in practice. ---drunk
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