[Link] Walking Through Doors Causes Forgetting
We investigated the ability of people to retrieve information about objects as they moved through rooms in a virtual space. People were probed with object names that were either associated with the person (i.e., carried) or dissociated from the person (i.e., just set down). Also, people either did or did not shift spatial regions (i.e., go to a new room). Information about objects was less accessible when the objects were dissociated from the person. Furthermore, information about an object was also less available when there was a spatial shift. However, the spatial shift had a larger effect on memory for the currently associated object. These data are interpreted as being more supportive of a situation model explanation, following on work using narratives and film. Simpler memory-based accounts that do not take into account the context in which a person is embedded cannot adequately account for the results.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m6lq80675m22232h/
There's probably some deep implications to this I'm not qualified to plumb. But next time I'm concentrating on something, and need to get up from the computer and walk around a bit, I'm going to try avoiding doorways.
Amateur Cryonics (one guy packed in dry ice) Festival Seeks Buyer
http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_18282009?source=most_viewed
I'd imagine the efficacy is halfway between proper cryonics and embalming and burying; the more interesting part may be the festival. Nederland is a small town 20 miles from Boulder, CO. I doubt the festival attendees are cryonics advocates, but they don't seem prone to the negative associations corpsicles often raise. Perhaps it's just because Boulder, Colorado is full of weirdos, but I wonder if there are more exploitable effects in play.
Free Thought Film Festival: Tampa traditional rationalist gathering this weekend (13-15 May)
A bit late, since I'm at the opening ceremonies right now; but it seems like it could have some potential; and the Tampa Theatre is a great venue.
Article on quantified lifelogging (Slate.com)
Data for a Better Planet focuses on The Quantified Self, and offers an overview of the state of the art in detailed, quantitative personal tracking.
This seems related to an LW interest cluster.
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