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Letter: The A to Z of your memories

Published 8 June 2016

From Marilyn Kirk

You report that memory isn't arranged in alphabetical order, and indeed I am sure mine isn't (7 May, p 15). However, why is it that when I fruitlessly attempt to remember something, I often remember only the initial letter, which subsequently proves to have been correct?

Rainham, Kent, UK

Issue no. 3077 published 11 June 2016

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