In Mihipeka: Call of an Elder (Karanga a te Kuia) by Mihi Edwards i read:
Because we didn't have a written language, all words spoken by a kaumatua were automatically absorbed by the brain, the most wonderful organ of the body, the human computer. My kuia was careful to remind me when I was young to respect the mahunga (head) of the man, and never to pass food over that part of his body because it's so tapu. So many times the elders said our history and whakapapa are stored in the head.
To me this "automatic absorption" is reminiscent of massive comprehensible input.
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