Giorgio memorizes the german poem "the erlking" to recite in his eighth grade german class. he remembers it well for weeks after the presentation, but gradually his ability to recite the poem fades. this is an example of one of the seven sins of memory. persistence misattribution blocking transience

The correct answer we are looking for is the transience.

One of the seven sins of memory. The ability of Giorgio to recite a poem fades because of the so called transience.

This is known as the transitory nature. Transience means passing with time or is the state of being brief and short-lived.

This is an example of transience memory

Explanation:

What is a transience memory ?

The memory that we have stored tends to depreciate or disappears slowly over time and this is referred to as transience.

Usually this occurs as we become older or when our hippocampus is damaged which is a part of our brain responsible for retaining memory or transferring memory from short term to long term memory .

It also happens because we may no longer need to use that kind of information stored in our long term memory such as Giorgio above had studied a poem for the purpose of reciting it but after reciting he had no purpose of that information so it disappears over time.

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