Couse 16 MEMORY Listening practice

Listen to the first part of a talk on memory by a psychologist and note the common failures in memory that he mentions.

Were any of them the same as yours?

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Now, Listen to the rest of the talk and answer these questions:

What is AJ good at remembering?

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How does she feel about her good memory?

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Why are people’s memories not as good as they used to be?

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Complete each statement with the missing word. Then, listen and check.

AJ’s memory is stimulated by _____________________ in the same way that our memories ca be stimulated by certain
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Having a good memory should make people feel more ___________________________________.

Our memories are selective: they remember mostly ______________________things and ________________ things.

We should be ________________ for all the things that our memories hide.

Technology has become our ________________________ memory.

Now medical science is trying to address the _________________ of poor memory….

Listen to the first part of the talk again and complete the first half of these sentences with the correct verb forms.

Your _____________________________________ to make a c comment at a meeting when….

You ______________________________________________ to send a friend a card for his birthday, but...

You promised you _____________________________ mail a letter for someone and two days later…

You _____________________________________ to write down a great idea you had, but when you found a pen and
paper…