how good is your memory?

[scotsman]

There are moments where my music is set to random and a song I haven't heard for 2 years comes on. Suddenly I can remember the weather, the time of day, and how I was feeling the last time I listened to that song.

I get that to but usually cause I listen to songs on repeat for 100 odd times when I first listen to them, it's a curse listening to Queen cause I get flashbacks of Runescape

[Spanks]

I sometimes walk up the stairs and by the time I get up there I have forgotten what I went up there for.

Though I used to know the stats/rules of every singles Warhammer fantasy and 40k unit.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

There are moments where my music is set to random and a song I haven't heard for 2 years comes on. Suddenly I can remember the weather, the time of day, and how I was feeling the last time I listened to that song. I've talked to a friend and she also has moments like this. Kinda spooky but pretty cool .

Music and smells, in particular, can help you remember things.  I suppose that's why some couples have "their song".

[Hex9001]

i have a terrible time remembering names of things, songs, people, places, etc. but i will recognize things even if i've only seen/heard/smelt them once. but if you give me a name of someone i couldn't tell you if i've met them before unless i know them a little.

example of this. i remember Psyren from when i was a BT member 2 or so years ago, but i know his name wasn't psyren back then. i just remember the avatar. can't for the life of me remember what his old name was.

also i can't remember numbers or things like that for very long. a minute or two tops unless i use them a few dozen times. thank god for cell phone contact lists. 

another funny thing about songs and stuff is that when i listen to certain bands i think of playing certain video games or other memories. like Angels and Airwaves makes me think of playing Guild Wars. Muse makes me think of my first girlfriend. Listening to techno, Benny Benassi or Ferry Corsten in particular, makes me think of paintballing. Ska music makes me think of driving around in my first car with the windows down in the summer.

The brain is a very weird thing.

[Viseroid]

Yeah, the brain does some pretty funky stuff. Half of the time I'm listening to music I am not really thinking about the lyrics and am probably thinking about something completely unrelated.
I'm pretty bad at remembering people's names without dedicating attention to it. Though I easily remember the name of the cute girl sitting in the corner. I guess autopilot sometimes works with your brain.

[mizore]

Music and smells, in particular, can help you remember things.  I suppose that's why some couples have "their song".

Well, associative memory recall is a powerful tool regardless of the association.  Whether voluntary or involuntary, the capacity for recollection is unwavering.  This is also why grouping works so well when studying (ie, grouping necessary words together into an acronym). 

Certain sensory nerves are more prominent throughout the nervous system, however, which is why some work more influentially than others.  Strangely enough, unless properly "wired," olfactory and oratory senses largely initiate stronger recall than do visual.  The "uncanny" experience of deja vu is often attributed to visual associations.