'Mitochondria!' I think (as one does), and in front of my inner eye is immediately a purple diagram with a lot of little pluses in the inter-membrane space and minuses in the matrix. Purple is my code for 'plant and animal cells', and the little pluses and minuses indicate the gradient during oxidative phosphorylation. Oh good, I don't have to memorise the direction, then
'P waves!' I declare; and as I try to remember everything I know about P waves I realise I'm reading it off the line on the paper in my head. 'Shadow between 105 degrees and 145 degrees' I think, somewhat astonished, with the brackets quite vividly in front of me.
But I've never used my visual memory. I've always memorised things verbally Many many years ago, when memorising all my lines for plays and other drama pieces at school, I'm pretty sure I never paused in a speech and thought 'halfway down the page... second column... right, on we go'. So why now? And how can I work with what is belatedly turning out to be one of my strengths?
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It's the way my memory used to work, I could visualise the page and read some of my notes. I could do it with sound and sight too, such as remembering if I heard something on the radio, or saw it on a program.
Now I'm in reverse, I remember so very little in comparison to when I was younger. I'm hoping it's the meds I'm on for my joints - if not I'm in trouble!
Enjoy your new found skill, its such a handy tool to nurture.
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My memory is predominently visual (always has been as far as I know), which is very useful when it comes to remembering biological systems.
Jan