Peer Draft
Visualize yourself walking by two houses. In house #1 we have a typical two-story home with grass and a concrete pathway that directs you towards a rectangular door. House #2 on the other hand, is not your ordinary suburban home. It has a dome shape that scales up to three stories high, with blue cotton balls for grass and a rainbow colored carpet that leads to a circular crimson red door that opens up to a room with a sharp peppermint scent. If you were put into a situation where you must remember one of the two homes, the chances are you would likely remember the house with the unique features. The reason being, is that descriptions that are abnormal, hideous and sensory can actually help you memorize more efficiently. In Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, a system known as PAO (person-action-object) is mentioned as an aid to memorization. This system associates double digit numbers with images of a specific person committing an action …show more content…
These specific details along with the PAO system are some of the reasons why King’s short-term memories become long-term memories. By providing visual, aromatic, and touch-based cues, King was able to locate some of his childhood memories and apply them to his writing. These memories were used for King to develop creative new ideas as well as bring up old ones in his writing. This correlates to what Foer says about creativity and memory, Foer states, “If the essence of creativity is linking disparate facts and ideas, then the more facility you have making associations, and the more facts and ideas you have at your disposal, the better you'll be at coming up with new ideas.” (168) King was able to recall these abnormal and usually painful events that were distinct enough to become a part of his long-term memory. Afterwards, these recollections eventually became applicable to not only this work, but in all of his other works as
Visualize yourself walking by two houses. In house #1 we have a typical two-story home with grass and a concrete pathway that directs you towards a rectangular door. House #2 on the other hand, is not your ordinary suburban home. It has a dome shape that scales up to three stories high, with blue cotton balls for grass and a rainbow colored carpet that leads to a circular crimson red door that opens up to a room with a sharp peppermint scent. If you were put into a situation where you must remember one of the two homes, the chances are you would likely remember the house with the unique features. The reason being, is that descriptions that are abnormal, hideous and sensory can actually help you memorize more efficiently. In Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein, a system known as PAO (person-action-object) is mentioned as an aid to memorization. This system associates double digit numbers with images of a specific person committing an action …show more content…
These specific details along with the PAO system are some of the reasons why King’s short-term memories become long-term memories. By providing visual, aromatic, and touch-based cues, King was able to locate some of his childhood memories and apply them to his writing. These memories were used for King to develop creative new ideas as well as bring up old ones in his writing. This correlates to what Foer says about creativity and memory, Foer states, “If the essence of creativity is linking disparate facts and ideas, then the more facility you have making associations, and the more facts and ideas you have at your disposal, the better you'll be at coming up with new ideas.” (168) King was able to recall these abnormal and usually painful events that were distinct enough to become a part of his long-term memory. Afterwards, these recollections eventually became applicable to not only this work, but in all of his other works as