Brain Farts

Have you good people ever been asked a question that you knew the answer to, but couldn't remember it?

Like if I asked you who is the voice of Mufasa?

(James Earl Jones, btw)

Not only do you know the answer, but you know he's the same guy from Star Wars and countless other movies, but you can't remember his name...Why?

TURNS OUT (!),when you learn something, your brain will store it in 3 places based on the letters in the word, the sound of the word, and the meaning. The connection generally goes from the sound or letters to the meaning; but when you go from the meaning to the word itself, the brain has to do extra work.

The brain is an analytical machine, not an interpretive one, so starting with a meaning is hard to do (like writing a song around a title...not easy).

Back to Lion King, you know his name, but you keep saying, "I know it's not Jonathan Taylor Thomas..." over and over again...but the bad news is, the more you repeat this out loud or in your head, it actually strengthens the incorrect connection to Johnny and Mufasa, heretofore erasing Jimmy from the Mufasa voice.



I got it, "Johnathan Taylor Thomas!"