What Extent Is It Easier To Remember Something Interesting Than Memory By Joshua Foer

I agree with the fact that it’s easier to remember something bizarre than something ordinary for many reasons. One of the reason why something bizarre is more memorable is because our brains get more attached to and drawn to new unusual things and experiences. On the contrary, our brains are used to the ordinary occurrences, thus paying little to no attention to it. Joshua Foer further answers this question in his book by saying, “When we see in everyday life things that are petty, ordinary, and banal, we generally fail to remember them, because the mind is not being stirred by anything novel or marvelous”. This reinforces the idea that memorizing is more about creativity than memory because, as also shown by the memory technique “elaborative