Model Answer, Unit 3, Activity 3.0, How can Learning a Language Help to Preserve Memories?

You might have selected other aspects you personally find important, here is our selection of the most relevant information:

  1. Human memory consists of different types of memory.

  2. Without memory, thinking and learning would be impossible.

  3. Memory is a physical process and through learning the brain changes.

  4. Our brain does not retain all memories we make in our lifetime but instead cleans up regularly (something which happens more in older age).

  5. Learning happens most effectively through using a multitude of stimuli, which is a result of human evolution, when humans lived in the wild and had to be on high alert for their safety.


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