Don’t forget this

Sometimes you might feel that if you had a perfect memory, all your problems with learning would be __________.

You would be able to __________ through exams without much revision.

You would never again __________ the embarrassement of forgetting someone's name.

But imagine, for a moment, not forgetting anything - not even last year's shopping __________.

You would be __________ with information.

With hard work you can recall the parts of a verb or the layout of a town as you need them, so that you can learn a foreign language or __________ a taxi driver's licence.

But the memory __________ called for by some professions are only one of the roles memory plays in our lives.

Memory covers a __________ range of actions and needs.

What we __________ about the brain is far from complete

so philosophers and scientists find it difficult to be __________ about the nature of memory.

Remembering and forgetting can be understood in many different __________ but broadly, three distinct classes of memory have been established: personal, cognitive and habit memory.

Personal memories are those acts of remembering which __________ specifically to each person's life history.

Cognitive memory helps us learn, for example, stories, a speech or a __________ of music.

Habit memory __________ those abilities needed to perform actions such as typing or driving.

All these actions must be learned but once they have been, you will rarely remember anything __________ as you perform them.