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When retrieving memories, most people access the exemplar and up to two additional memories in the category?

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this statement is false.'The number of additional memories doesn't necessarily have to be two. People access the exemplary when retrieving memories because they need to use it as a trigger to dig deeper in our memory. When we do this, our brain automatically associate the 'exemplary' with other things that associated with it,
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