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Why do songs stick when books don’t?
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“…okay so why can I sing every word of Dreams but not one chapter of…”
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chorus = a retrieval cue??
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Why do songs stick when books don’t?
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Walking home I realised I can sing every word of Dreamsbut can’t recall one argument from the last three books I read. Voice memo — Sep 3
Theory: the chorus is a retrieval cue. It repeats, it has rhythm, and it’s attached to a place. Books get none of that unless I build it. See The Extended Mind — ch. 5.
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“attached to a place” sounds like Memory palaces, a skeptic’s notes (Mar 14, 2025)
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