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Monday, December 21, 2009 - Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu NM

Biking the Bosque, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, December 20, 2009
Biking the Bosque, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, December 20, 2009

Today I headed up to the Ghost Ranch Conference Center in Abiquiu NM to spend a few days with Kate & Terry.

Night camp

Ghost Ranch Campground, Abiquiu 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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