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Categorization is the spacial sorting of contents. This creates order. Establishing individuality of objects. How they are contained or indexed creates the cognitive schema for access. Information is stored in places, how the schema is constructed affects our access and ordering of our memories.

Albertus established the mapping of objects. This structure is imposed upon random memories.
- Jake and Joe

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