Said of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten. <\/p>
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<\/a>\u2019, more commonly known as \u2018muscle memory\u2019. This is a type of unconscious, long-term memory, where a person can recollect something without having to think; they have no direct, conscious awareness.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Lucy Hannigan, Sunderland<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Said of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24374,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/why-you-never-forget-how-to-ride-a-bike-explained-by-neuroscience.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Said of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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