Which of the following is the best reason that we have trouble remembering the license plate number of a car that we just passed 10 minutes ago?
A)Working memory lasts only a minute or so.
B)License plate numbers are too difficult to remember easily.
C)We probably never encoded the number in the first place.
D)The memory,though present,is too difficult to retrieve except under special circumstances,such as hypnosis or substantial amounts of stress.

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The most likely reason that we can't remember a license plate number is that we never encoded it in the first place. We may have briefly noticed the number, but if we didn't actively pay attention to it or try to remember it, it won't be stored in our long-term memory. Our working memory can hold information for a minute or so, but if we don't transfer that information to long-term memory, we won't be able to remember it later.

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