Reflecting on a significant childhood event, a person recounts their invitation to the principal's office due to achieving high reading scores. This memory is tied to a pizza party, where poorly cut pizzas and sensory experiences like the taste and smell of stale pizza and A&
the slivers of pizza slices was so funny that I still think about it
there was this kid in my grade at this party that stood on the chair and bellowed "pizza time!" at the loudest decibel I've ever heard. So whenever I get pizza, me and my friends still chant it.
sensory connections
the taste of bad pizza that looks like cardboard
the sound that my principal made when pronouncing her R's
the smell of A&W root beer and stale pizza
reconstruction or reconsolidation errors
I've been to several pizza parties since then, so I get them all mixed in
It was over 12 years ago, so I'm sure that I forgot since the memory is so faded
declarative memory
episodic
Episodic memory involves recalling specific personal events and experiences, such as your own memories of past events like birthday parties, school outings, or, in this case, a pizza party in the 3rd grade.
cognitive tools
I got invited to the principals office because I had one of the highest AR scores in reading, so whenever I think of how much I love to read, I think "I love it enough to get sent to the principals office"
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whenever I think of really poorly cut pizzas, I'll think of the two pizzas cut into 24 slivers
