Attn: Prof. Linden, Mr. Turley

From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:26:38 -0700

aAn article--with video--about my husband's friend Bob Petrella, and his
extraordinary memory:

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Story?id=7075443&page=1

I wonder if these memory tests are biased toward those who retain numerical
data.

JP uses Bob in his personal life as a fact-checker, which is of course one
of the functions I use Johnny T. for. ("What was the original Olive usage of
the term 'runk'?")

--J

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