random thought

[beccaelizabeth]

Was reading a thing about “transactive memory” , which is where you remember who knows a thing, instead of remembering the thing. Used to be about people in (usually stable configurations of) relationships, like spouses or work groups, now is having interesting application to internet use, because we treat google like that friend who knows the thing.

Was thinking, is often said autistic people have exceptional memory. But maybe it's that we don't have so much of that relationship-memory, the one that keeps memory in other people's heads. Maybe we don't do the social so strong so we remember all the things because this is the only head.

There'd be ways to test for that, right? *ponders*