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When you stop thinking about the new information, your brain
moves it from your short-term memory into your long-term memory*.
It breaks the information into smaller parts. It stores the information
in different areas of your brain. For example, when you learn a new
word in English, you learn its spelling pronunciation, and meaning.
This information is stored in different areas of your brain.
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Do you ever see a word and sav. "I know it. but I can't say it!” That's
because you can find some of the information, but you can't find all
of it. You remember something about the word, but not enough to put
it together. When you truly.remember the word, you connect all its.
different parts.;Every time you think about the word, those connections
get stronger. With every repetition, you can find the information faster.
Repetition is the secret to good memory, but it does not mean
repeating the same thing, the same way every time.
If you practice your learning in different
ways, your brain connections
get stronger. For example,
when you hear the word, you
connect one way. When
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you write the word, you
connéct a different way.
Each time you add new
connections to the
word, you make the
memory stronger.
Repetition and
practice are
the keys to
remembering
what you
learn.
3 long-term memory: the type of memory that stores information for a long period of time
