Remember by Lisa Genova

Author:Lisa Genova [Genova, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
Published: 2021-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

What is the capitol of Brazil?

Who was the lead singer in the band Queen?

What is the speed of light?

Who wrote The Shining?

In what city is the Colosseum?

What planet is second closet to the sun?

Who sang “This Land Is Your Land”?

What was your kindergarten teacher’s name?

Who played Phoebe on the TV show Friends?

Who painted The Starry Night?

Are you stumped on at least one? You’re now in a TOT state. As you saw in my own TOT example with Tony Soprano, when you’re in this state, you can often retrieve quite a bit about the missing word in question. Can you say what the word sounds like? Can you guess the first letter? The number of syllables? Can you tell me something about the person or place? These clues might be strong enough to trigger a release of the answer, but they also might turn out to be ugly sisters, decoys leading you down the wrong neural path, where the answer you desire doesn’t live.

While you can’t always trust the clues, you can trust that confident feeling of knowing you know which rides shotgun in the TOT car. If I were to show you the target word or even give you a multiple choice, you would recognize the correct answer instantly. Neurologically, recognition is always easier than recall.

Still stumped? It’s in your brain. Keep looking. Or you can wait and see if the answer pops into your consciousness later. Or, because I appreciate how uncomfortable being in a TOT state can be and because I’m kind and mostly because I want your full attention on what you’re going to read in the next chapter, here are the answers to the ten questions listed above: Brasília, Freddie Mercury, 186,282 miles per second, Stephen King, Rome, Venus, Woody Guthrie, ask your mom, Lisa Kudrow, Vincent van Gogh.

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