My mother's cousin wrote a book. In it, he described each of his aunts and uncles. He wrote that his aunt, mom’s mother, woke up out of a coma to correct somebody’s grammar.
I asked my mom about it, and she said that her mother didn’t wake up out of a coma. She was just coming out of anesthesia after surgery.
I guess people were standing around her in the hospital saying, “Look at her just lay there.” They kept on talking about her “laying” there. She woke up and said,”The correct word is lie.“
But what is true is that my grandma was very good at grammar. So that if his version gets passed down the generations, the general notion will be that she was very good at grammar. That isn’t the same as emotion, but it is a trait.
I really appreciate the way you cleverly illustrate the difference between semantic and episodic memory and between misinformation and disinformation. I got a chance to listen to some of the conversation with Barbara at ProjectKin, but only this morning got a chance to read this in full.
Hi 👋 Diane,
My mother's cousin wrote a book. In it, he described each of his aunts and uncles. He wrote that his aunt, mom’s mother, woke up out of a coma to correct somebody’s grammar.
I asked my mom about it, and she said that her mother didn’t wake up out of a coma. She was just coming out of anesthesia after surgery.
I guess people were standing around her in the hospital saying, “Look at her just lay there.” They kept on talking about her “laying” there. She woke up and said,”The correct word is lie.“
But what is true is that my grandma was very good at grammar. So that if his version gets passed down the generations, the general notion will be that she was very good at grammar. That isn’t the same as emotion, but it is a trait.
It’s a great story either way!! I love the idea that listening to people say it incorrectly made her come to!!
I really appreciate the way you cleverly illustrate the difference between semantic and episodic memory and between misinformation and disinformation. I got a chance to listen to some of the conversation with Barbara at ProjectKin, but only this morning got a chance to read this in full.
Thank you! I had a lot to say about disinformation — but hit the back button. So much left on the cutting room floor!
Good stuff in here, @Diane! Here’s another book you might find helpful and fascinating - I know I sure did!
White Gloves: How We Create Ourselves Through Memory by John Kotre
https://amzn.to/405izaV
Oh this sounds wonderful, @Lori Olson White. Thank you!