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What is the effect of describing an event to oneself on memory?
What is the effect of describing an event to oneself on memory?
It improves the chances of remembering the event accurately.
How much more details were the participants able to remember on average after describing the event to themselves?
How much more details were the participants able to remember on average after describing the event to themselves?
Twice as many details.
What did Bird find in his brain scans when comparing the activity during descriptions to watching the video?
What did Bird find in his brain scans when comparing the activity during descriptions to watching the video?
The activation closely mirrored, indicating strong foundations for later recall.
What is the purpose of the short video mentioned in the text?
What is the purpose of the short video mentioned in the text?
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How powerful can the simple principle of memory improvement be?
How powerful can the simple principle of memory improvement be?
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