05-02-2008, 08:21 PM
[quote $tevie] I have read that people who heard the debate on radio thought Nixon won, while TV viewers thought Kennedy won, which is an interesting piece of trivia to me.
I've read that somewhere, also. I don't think it's just trivia, but has the potential for so many serious scientific studies. I've always believed that creating mental imagery while reading or listening to orally read material is deeper than simply forming a mental "picture" or "voice" - that it changes the way one processes the information. It'd make (probably has made) great thesis fodder.
But.... what do I know?
I've read that somewhere, also. I don't think it's just trivia, but has the potential for so many serious scientific studies. I've always believed that creating mental imagery while reading or listening to orally read material is deeper than simply forming a mental "picture" or "voice" - that it changes the way one processes the information. It'd make (probably has made) great thesis fodder.
But.... what do I know?