hi bruce >a total disconnect between objects and labels... >for instance, if I saw a three-sided, closed object, >I knew that I knew the name for it but could not remember what it was.. >...in my label memory bank would be one called "triangle" >but the association between the object and its label was missing it seems to me that in one of the many news articles about brain research that i posted in the last year or so one discussed the idea that very specific areas of the brain are responsible for very specific memory functions i could be wrong [my memory fails me!] but the functions/areas could be as specific as one particular area controlling memory of names of colours, or animals ?? i'll have to look it up! your syber-sis janet we are the miraculous, the true wonders of this world ~ maya angelou [log in to unmask]