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Thursday February 28, 2008 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Sunset, Rockhound State Park, Deming NM, February 28, 2008
Sunset, Rockhound State Park, Deming NM, February 28, 2008

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Site 28 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Words Get in the Way

Research shows that language suppresses visual memory, This is called verbal overshadowing and is a well-established phenomenon .... For example, in one study people watched a short videotape of a bank robbery, then spent twenty minutes doing something unrelated. Then one group spent five minutes writing down everything they could remember about the bank robber's face, while the other group did an unrelated task.

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