Your drive to class each day is fairly standard - you start your car, take the same route, and park in the same spot (or close to the same spot). one day, while sitting at a red light, you witness a car chase - cops and even a helicopter. years later, you can recall details from that drive. which memory concept is associated with why you will remember that particular drive to class

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Brenna Holmes

15 February, 08:53

Your drive to class each day is fairly standard - you start your car, take the same route, and park in the same spot (or close to the same spot). one day, while sitting at a red light, you witness a car chase - cops and even a helicopter. years later, you can recall details from that drive. which memory concept is associated with why you will remember that particular drive to class

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Antoine Maxwell · Answer 1

The car chase is an example of an episodic memory. Episodic memory is a unique form of long-term memory wherein you can remember an event in great detail. Emotion plays a big role in creating an episodic memory. The shock from the car chase is enough to make the brain register that what you just saw is not a part of your regular routine thus you remember the event more fondly.