{"id":20104,"date":"2022-12-09T11:31:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=20104"},"modified":"2022-12-09T11:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:31:02","slug":"why-do-we-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/2022\/12\/09\/why-do-we-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we never forget how to ride a bike?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why do we never forget how to ride a bike?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

LUCY HANNIGAN, SUNDERLAND<\/p>\n\n

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Life experiences and facts are one type of memory. Riding a bike is another: it\u2019s a skill, or a learned pattern of movement that neurologists refer to as \u2018procedural memory\u2019, more commonly known as \u2018muscle memory\u2019. There are, of course, lots of skills \u2013 like driving a car or tying your shoelaces \u2013 that are so embedded in our minds that we barely have to think about them. It\u2019s not clear why procedural memories are harder to forget than others, but it might have something to do with where they\u2019re stored in the brain; an area that seems relatively protected and resistant to rewiring. HB <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Why do we never forget how to ride a bike? LUCY HANNIGAN, SUNDERLAND Life experiences and facts are one type of memory. Riding a bike is another: it\u2019s a skill, or a learned pattern of movement that neurologists refer to as \u2018procedural memory\u2019, more commonly known as \u2018muscle memory\u2019. 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