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by adastra22 265 days ago
You could be describing me. Some very ingrained jingles I can (often involuntarily) reproduce in my mind, but that’s it. I suspect that this is the result of some other learned skill that is repurposing other neural wiring to store these audible memories, since I seem utterly incapable of forming or recalling melodies otherwise.
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Seems that the researchers didn't popularize this part good enough. I have some suspicions why this might happen, but it's already into complex consideration area. I'm thinking about something that's called "limited working memory".

It also impacts on mappers vs packers phenomenon and might by linked with alexithymia (which sounds rare but is quite common - especially for men).