Memory Span Quotes

My generation knew pretty well what happened 50 years before our birth. Now I follow all the quiz programs because they are a paramount example of the span of memory of the young generation - they are able to remember everything that happened in their life but not before.

One needs but to say that, in the case of an unfamiliar sequence of syllables, only about seven can be grasped in one act, but that with frequent repetition and gradually increasing familiarity with the series this capacity of consciousness may be increased.

Human memory is short and terribly fickle.

Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime.

I've got a short memory span.

I had a memory span about as long as the lines in a school play.

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case.

Short term memory is not good.

You will find that your taste buds have a memory of about 3 weeks.