Why+do+some+people+have+a+better+memory+than+others?


 * __WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER MEMORY THAN OTHERS?__**

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Memory is very complicated, as many of us don’t know how are mind works or how we remember certain things more than others. Obviously, we remember people’s faces very easily. But other times when we have to recall a place we have been a little while ago, we can’t. These differences of memory have been sorted into categories of short-term memory and long-term memory. These terms are explicitly defined self-explanatory. The question here is though, Why would some people have better memory than others. To start off, many mental capabilities of a human depend on genetics. Half of your ‘memory skills’ are inherited from your family. That is definitely not all though. To your surprise, the other half is unrelated to science and down to your parents. Your parent’s recall events from your past several times, kind of forcing it into your mind. I guess you could say the more you reminisce with your parents, the more you will remember long-term events and more recent events. Also, parents reading you stories and detailing certain events will improve a child’s memory, making their memory stronger than others. All of this kind of reminds me of when you play a video game. If you haven’t played a video game for a while, you might’ve of forgotten the controls. If people constantly remind you of what buttons to press you eventually find it natural to remember all the controls next time you play that game, just like memory.

Luke Evans 8.3 February 22st, 2012

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