When people lose their memory from accidents injuries, why do they forget the experiences they’ve been through without forgetting the language that they speak?
In: Biology
Long Term Memory *consolidation* is a biochemical process that needs specific chemical conditions and at least a half hour to fully progress.
Stress or the loss of consciousness will interfere with that biochemistry.
You can use this fact to your advantage when studying, by reviewing information during the first half hour of memory consolidation, and in the day that follows, in a stress-free environment.
By rough analogy, a newly encoded memory is like first painting a sign with water that evaporates quickly, but if you can maintain certain ideal conditions, while ideally retracing the fading painted marks a few times, the marks engrave to last long-term.
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