BRAIN STUFF: “VERBAL OVERSHADOWING” When talking about something screws up your

http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/BF03201107INTERESTING BRAIN STUFF: “VERBAL OVERSHADOWING”

When talking about something screws up your memory of it.

I sometimes tell people “If I talk about it, it will ruin my thought process”. I’ve noticed this is particularly true if I’m trying to predict some future event. So I actively avoid talking about certain things until I’m ready.

Same thing happens to authors who talk about their work, or show their work to people. Overshadowing alters your perception of it. Irreversibly.

We cannot often separate things. The mind has vaporously thin walls.