#memory

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Remembering to act later is its own memory task

Remembering a fact differs from remembering to do something at the right moment. You can know that a book must be returned and still walk past the library without returning it. Prospective memory connects a stored intention with a future time or event that should bring the action to mind.

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source

Sometimes the fact remains but its source disappears

Remembering information and remembering where it came from are separate achievements. You may recall a restaurant recommendation but forget whether it came from a friend, an advertisement or a review. This source-memory gap matters because the origin can change how much weight the information deserves.

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reconstruction

Remembering involves reconstruction

Memory is not a video file that plays back unchanged. When you remember an event, stored details are combined with your knowledge and expectations. You might correctly remember a café visit but mistakenly include a menu on the table because that detail fits your usual experience of cafés.

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recognition

Recognition and recall ask different things of memory

Recognising an answer is different from producing it without a prompt. A familiar face may be easy to identify in a photograph even when the person's name will not come to mind. Recognition supplies something to match against memory, while recall requires you to generate the missing information.

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