My interest in long-term memory research

My interest in long-term memory research

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Dr. Bjork explains how he got interested in long-term memory research. One of the issues that captured Dr. Bjork's interest were the poor intuitions that people have about their own memory. This poses a real problem for education and instruction.

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memory, long-term memory, research questions, intuitions

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00:03:14

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