1.When we think about the past, when we try to remember the past, we remember somethings better than others.
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3.Well, there are a few different explanations.
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4.One explanation is that we remember something better if we already have some previous knowledge about it, some previous understanding of it.
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5.For example, let's say you are going to go to a classical music concert.
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6.If you don't know anything about classical music before you go to the concert, you probably won't remember many details of the concert later on.
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7.For example, if somebody asks you about the concert a year later,
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8.you probably won't remember what pieces the orchestra played, what order they played them in and so on.
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9.On the other hand, if you already know a lot about classical music before you go to the concert,
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10.for example, if you've been studying and playing classical music for many years,
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11.it's probably going to be much easier for you to recall the details of the concert later on.
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12.Another explanation is that we remember better when there's something unusual ordifferent about what we are trying to remember.
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13.For example, let's say you are in aclass at a university, a big class with over a hundred students in it.
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14.A year later, which of those a hundred students are you mostly likely to remember?
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15.Probably the ones who were unusual or different in some way, maybe a man who was exceptionally tall,
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16.or a woman who was exceptionally intelligent.
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