英语翻译Itisdifficulttoimaginewhatlifewillbelikewithoutmemory.Themeaningsofthousandsofeverydayperceptions(感觉、知觉),thebasesforthedecisionswemake,andtherootsofourhabitsandskillsaretobefoundinourpaste
英语翻译
Itisdifficulttoimaginewhatlifewillbelikewithoutmemory.Themeaningsofthousandsof
everydayperceptions(感觉、知觉),thebasesforthedecisionswemake,andtherootsofour
habitsandskillsaretobefoundinourpastexperiences,whicharebroughtintothepresentby
memory.
Memorycanbedefinedasthecapacitytokeepinformationavailableforlateruse.Itincludes
notonly"remembering"thingslikearithmeticorhistoricalfacts,butalsoinvolvesanychangein
thewayananimaltypicallybehaves.Memoryisinvolvedwhenaratgivesupeatinggrain
becausehehassniffedsomethingsuspiciousinthegrainpile.Memoryisalsoinvolvedwhen
asix-year-oldchildlearnstoswingabaseballbat.
Memoryexistsnotonlyinhumansandanimalsbutalsoinsomephysicalobjectsand
machines.Computers,forexample,containdevicesfromstoringdataforlateruse.Itis
interestingtocomparethememory-storagecapacityofacomputerwiththatofahumanbeing.
Theinstant-accessmemoryofalargecomputermayholdupto100,000"words"-readyfor
instantuse.AnaverageU.S.teenagerprobablyrecognizesthemeaningofabout100,000
wordsofEnglish.However,thisisbutafraction(部分、片断)ofthetotalamountof
informationwhichtheteenagerhasstored.Consider,forexample,thenumberoffacesand
placesthattheteenagercanrecognizeonsight.
Theuseofwordsistheadvancedproblem-solvingintelligenceofhumanbeings.Alarge
partofaperson'smemoryisintermsofwordsandcombinationsofwords.