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How memory works

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Follow definitions and explanations in an academic lecture.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

divide
To separate into parts.
repeat
To say or do something again.
recall
To remember something.

Answer key

  1. Psychologists often divide memory into short-term and long-term memory.“Short-term” and “long-term” can be written with or without hyphens.
  2. Short-term memory holds information for less than a minute.The stress in “information” is on “ma”.
  3. Repeating information helps move it into long-term memory.“Move it into” runs together.
  4. Sleep also plays an important role in this process.“Plays an” links: “play-zan”.
  5. Interestingly, recalling a memory can slightly change it.“Interestingly” has four or five syllables: “in-trest-ing-ly” or “in-ter-est-ing-ly”.

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