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    Memory & Recall Entry #0823

    Why the packaging is recalled and the ingredients are not

    Packaging is recalled because it is encoded visually as a single gestalt, while ingredients are encoded verbally as a list that decays faster in long-term memory.

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    The hidden part #0823

    The package is a picture; the ingredient list is prose. Memory keeps pictures in a vault and prose on a napkin. Both were read, but only one was truly stored.

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