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Human Memory

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Why does forgetting take place?

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Forgetting refers to loss of stored information over a period of time. After a material is learnt, there is a sharp drop in its memory and then the decline is very gradual. Forgetting may take place due to trace decay and interference. It may also caused due to absence of appropriate cues of the time of retrieval.

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