[senco-forum] working memory

Another analogy, which I should credit to Anne Henderson I think, is

I explain this to children as the supermarket conveyer belt. You put the 
beans the bread the milk the soup.....oops the beans just fell off the 
front. You need to keep saying them in order to recall a list, out loud if 
possible. With practice you can keep more stuff on the conveyer.
Gill Gray
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From: "Mary Kelly" <mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] working memory


> Another analogy, which I should credit to Anne Henderson I think, is
> that of a wobbly shelf. If you only put one or two things on the shelf
> at one time they will stay there long enough but if you add too many
> things then suddenly - wallop! - the whole lot falls to the floor and is
> lost.
> Mary
>
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>
> Having spoken to people who describe poor working memory like  trying to
>
> catch sand in a sieve, maybe that analogy would be  useful...
>
> Give the person a bucket of sand and tell them to make a  sandcastle but
> they
> have to pour the sand into a sieve  and retrieve as much as they can to
> build
> the sandcastle before it all runs  away and then mix it with water
> retrieved
> from a sieve using a  teaspoon...
>
> Or alternatively put an ice cube in a cup of hot tea and ask the person
> to
> retrieve the ice-cube, wash it and use it to chill a glass of squash.
>
> Or  maybe ask them to place a pile of daisies in a dish and ask them  to
> make
> a daisy chain while a high-powered fan blows them round the  room.
>
>
> The sand, water, ice and daisies are taken, stored and retrieved like
> information, but I bet not much is left to be used....
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Aly
>
> Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in  the UK/APDUK
>
> www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm
> www.apduk.org
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