Routine action, such as the decision to cross a street, is based on remembering numerous earlier experiences. The ability to solve any problem or even to recognize that a problem exists depends on memory. So-called intelligent behaviour demands memory, remembering being prerequisite to reasoning. Learning could not occur without the function of memory. Repeated attention, or practice, results in a cumulative effect on memory and enables activities such as a skillful performance on a musical instrument, the recitation of a poem, and reading and understanding words on a page. The basic pattern of remembering consists of attention to an event followed by the representation of that event in the brain. Memory is both a result of and an influence on perception, attention, and learning.

The fact that experiences influence subsequent behaviour is evidence of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering. Memory, the encoding, storage, and retrieval in the human mind of past experiences.

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