Important cognitive science discovery in recent years - embodied and situated
Our primary mode of thinking is not manipulating abstract symbols (like a computer does), but rather using our body (“embodiment”) to directly interact with objects in the environment (where they are “situated”). We save energy by offloading some of our cognitive processing onto our environment
Memory Palace - associate info to be memorized with specific locations (“on the cupboard in the kitchen,” or “third left-hand drawer in the study”), harness brain’s vast location-dependent memory.
