{"id":110,"date":"2019-08-07T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T20:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/h5ppsychology\/part\/memory\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T16:55:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T20:55:19","slug":"memory","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/h5ppsychology\/part\/memory\/","title":{"raw":"Memory","rendered":"Memory"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"975\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2293\/2017\/08\/01160233\/CNX_Psych_08_00_Photos.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph shows a camera and a pile of photographs.\" width=\"975\" height=\"488\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\"> Photographs can trigger our memories and bring past experiences back to life. (credit: modification of work by Cory Zanker)[\/caption]\n<p id=\"fs-idm93595008\">We may be top-notch learners, but if we don\u2019t have a way to store what we\u2019ve learned, what good is the knowledge we\u2019ve gained?<\/p>\n<p id=\"fs-idm77730240\">Take a few minutes to imagine what your day might be like if you could not remember anything you had learned. You would have to figure out how to get dressed. What clothing should you wear, and how do buttons and zippers work? You would need someone to teach you how to brush your teeth and tie your shoes. Who would you ask for help with these tasks, since you wouldn\u2019t recognize the faces of these people in your house? Wait . . . is this even your house? Uh oh, your stomach begins to rumble and you feel hungry. You\u2019d like something to eat, but you don\u2019t know where the food is kept or even how to prepare it. Oh dear, this is getting confusing. Maybe it would be best just go back to bed. A bed . . . what is a bed?<\/p>\n<p id=\"fs-idp7458368\">We have an amazing capacity for memory, but how, exactly, do we process and store information? Are there different kinds of memory, and if so, what characterizes the different types? How, exactly, do we retrieve our memories? And why do we forget? This chapter will explore these questions as we learn about memory.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"fs-idm160881248\" class=\"references\" data-depth=\"1\">\n<p id=\"eip-idm2009296\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>","rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2293\/2017\/08\/01160233\/CNX_Psych_08_00_Photos.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph shows a camera and a pile of photographs.\" width=\"975\" height=\"488\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographs can trigger our memories and bring past experiences back to life. (credit: modification of work by Cory Zanker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"fs-idm93595008\">We may be top-notch learners, but if we don\u2019t have a way to store what we\u2019ve learned, what good is the knowledge we\u2019ve gained?<\/p>\n<p id=\"fs-idm77730240\">Take a few minutes to imagine what your day might be like if you could not remember anything you had learned. You would have to figure out how to get dressed. What clothing should you wear, and how do buttons and zippers work? You would need someone to teach you how to brush your teeth and tie your shoes. Who would you ask for help with these tasks, since you wouldn\u2019t recognize the faces of these people in your house? Wait . . . is this even your house? Uh oh, your stomach begins to rumble and you feel hungry. You\u2019d like something to eat, but you don\u2019t know where the food is kept or even how to prepare it. Oh dear, this is getting confusing. Maybe it would be best just go back to bed. 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