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Article: Memory
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Memory
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Memory is the ability to remember and to recall previous sensations, ideas, experiences, or information that has been consciously learned.
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The Strange Case of H.M.
It is hard to imagine what it would be like to live without memory. What if the things that people had just seen, learned, or heard simply passed out of their minds after just a few minutes? So many of the activities of daily life, such as reading a book, ...