Our long-term memory can be divided into two distinct types, namely implicit memory and explicit memory.
Explicit memory is a deliberate, conscious remembering of the past. Which fades in the absence of recall.
Implicit memories are our unconscious and automatic memories.
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Like in a computer hard disk, information that is retained for long periods of time is in our long-term memory and is not easy to recall reflexively, as it is outside our conscious awareness.
Our short-term memory (also called working memory or active memo...
It's not a photographic recording and it changes over time: our brains are forever rerecording those memories, making them far more error prone.
Recalling a long-term memory brings it back into our short-term memory, which essentially gives it new context.
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