Retrieval:Accessing Memoeries in your brain(检索:访问大脑中的记忆)

Retrieval is the mechanism of accessing information stored in memory.Successfull retrieval of a memory trace hinges on its associations with cues.A cue is anything that is connected to the memory trace(physical object, situation, time peroid, word, question). Scientists believe that memories are retrieved through the process of ‘spreading activation’. Once a cue is activated in the brain, the activation spreads from the cue to the target memory.A single memory trace can be connected to an infinite number of cues.If none of the relevant cues is activated, the memory trace cannot be retrieved, even though it may be well stored in memory.
检索是访问记忆中存储信息的机制。记忆痕迹的成功检索取决于它与线索的联系。 线索指的是与记忆痕迹相联系的任何事物(可以是有形的物体,情境、时间段、单词、问题)。科学家认为，记忆是通过“激活扩散"的过程来检索的。当一个线索在大脑中被激活以后，激活信号就会从线索传递到目标记忆。一个记忆痕迹可以与无数线索相连。如果任何相关的线索都没有被激活，那么即使完好无缺地存储在记忆中，对应的记忆痕迹也无法被检索到。

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