Imagine Your Friend Is About to Give Birth to Her

question 99

Essay

Imagine your friend is about to give birth to her first child.Explain to your friend why she should not spend her money on classical music CDs that claim to improve babies' intelligence.

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Definitions:

Consolidation

A process in neuroscience, particularly regarding memory, where short-term memories are transformed into more stable, long-term memories.

New Learning

The process of acquiring new knowledge or skills.

Forgetting Curve

A graph that describes the rate at which information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it.

Forgetting Rate

The speed at which information is lost from memory over time, an aspect of memory decay.