Why can we remember music even years after listening to it once?
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The music you listend to in your past can be remembered easily when you felt emotions while hearing it. This combination allows you to easier remember a song and often also those times. And a song you only heard once at a party but really hated also has a bond to your emotions and you’ll remember it. The same effect can be triggered with smells and tastes. There is one dish my mother or I never cooked. But when I smell it somewhere ( restaurant, friends house etc) I immediately think of my grandma, who cooked it regulary and I “see” her standing in her kitchen cooking. She died in my early teen years, but it feels like it was only a few years ago. Memories bonded with strong emotions are easy to remember.
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