Memory is very important without it we don't remember anything...obviously. Memory makes us remember things about us and about others. We could not remember tasting anything and therefore could be tasting things for the first time, so you think. We wouldn't now who we really are if we don't remember things that we do. If we didn't have a memory we would be confused almost all the time. People would talk to us like we should know them and if we don't remember things we wouldn't know why people are talking to us when they just left the room for one minuete. For Clive, he doesn't remember things when they are gone for a short time. He wasn't always like this if happened once when he had a headache and got worse as the days went on after about 5 days he started to forget things. He can remember some things like riding a bike or citing music, it is an ingraved skill in his head. He said that he has never tasted anything that he tastes things for the first time. He also doesn't remember his wife's name, but he remembers that she is important and that he loves her.
Our memory is a very important thing. I always thought well I hate my memory because I cant remember anything. Well, I take that all back now after watching Clives case. It seems like I remember a lot now. I guess I can't really relay on my memory as much as I think because something could be right in front of us and not notice it, then when someone asks if we saw something,and they now it was there, we would say no even though there was something else there. It's just like the experiment in the text book did, they told students to count how many times the basketball was passed that they half of them didn't notice something walking through the middle of the court. The idea that we don't really know what we remember is intriging because in investagations that's what the police relay on, eyewittnesses, to tell the truth and taking their word what happened. They people could think they are telling the truth but they just didn't realize what really happened.
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I agree. I always say I have a really bad memory, but after watching Clive, I don't worry about it anymore. It's still frustrating when someone asks me to do something for them the next day, and I forget to do it. But I am thankful for what I can and do remember.
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