Penfield's claim that the brain records the past like a "strip of movie film, complete with sound track" is an exaggeration since
A)memories are stored in auditory images only, not visual ones.
B)memories are stored in visual images only, not auditory ones.
C)many events never get past short-term memory.
D)no long-past forgotten memories have ever been elicited through brain stimulation, only recently stored memories.

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Penfield's claim is an exaggeration because many events never get past short-term memory and are therefore not stored for later recall. Additionally, the brain does not store memories as a complete "strip of movie film" with a sound track, but rather different aspects of experiences may be stored in different parts of the brain and in different forms.

Penfield's Claim That the Brain Records the Past Like a "Strip