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Memory is not a unitary system." Discuss the types of evidence that have been used to buttress this
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Memory is not a unitary system." Discuss the types of evidence that have been used to buttress this What is a memory? Is it a concrete and tangible atom, which, once stored, can be retrieved by a methodical search or can it get lost in the murky recesses of our minds? Are our memories stored in separate areas or as part of one whole? In everyday conversation we regularly refer to memory in ways which suggest it to contain selective processes - 'I have a terrible memory for names', or 'I never forget a face' but is it really the case that our memory has specialised systems for the recall of certain information, or is it that memory is in fact a single system? Any discussion of the way in which we store information that can be accessed at a later date must address the issues raised here. To look first at...
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