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Memories

You are going to listen to a radio programme about some research that has been done on first memories. Listen and answer the following questions.

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1. How far back in our lives can we usually remember things?
2. Why can't we remember things before that age?
3. What kinds of feeling and events might people be more likely to remember?
4. Are our first memories mostly visual or of sounds and smells?
5. Why  might some people's first memories be unreliable?

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recollection vs memory

Recollection is either the process of remembering something or a specific memory.

If someone says, "To the best of my recollection, I never met Ted," they're saying they tried to remember Ted and couldn’t. Basically, your memory is your recollection. You can also say your memories are recollections. You could have a recollection of a baseball game on your birthday. If you know that collecting is to gather things, it makes sense that recollecting is like the process of gathering your memories.Definitions of

recollection

1

nthe process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

Synonyms:

recall, reminiscence

Types:

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Type of:

memory, remembering

the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

nthe ability to recall past occurrences

Synonyms:

anamnesis, remembrance

Type of:

memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity

the power of retaining and recalling past experience

nsomething recalled to the mind

Type of:

memory

something that is remembered