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why do humans forget?
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Why Do Humans Forget? Why do humans forget? Ask yourself is it true that some people forget that they were abused in childhood? Or, can you do better in your exams if you are in the same mood when you take the test as you was when you revised? And why do sometimes people forget what happened when they have had too much alcochol to drink? There are two simple answers to these questions. First, the memory has disappeared - it is no longer there. Second, the memory is still stored in the memory system but, for some reason, it cannot be retrieved. The first answer is applied to forgetting in STM, while the second to forgetting in LTM. Forgetting in STM As we know, STM has a limited duration and limited capacity. It can hold information only for a short period - 10-15 sec., or as Miller suggested, it...
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