Why is it that many of our memories can only be accessed in our brains after we are reminded of them?

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Why is it that many of our memories can only be accessed in our brains after we are reminded of them?

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Because you “forgot” the pathway in your brain to it. Association is huge in how our memories are formed, so getting that reminder, which could also be a smell or a sound, lights up those pathways again.

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