Trace decay:Do your memories fade with time?(痕迹减退:你的记忆随时间减退吗?)

The most basic explanation of forgetting has to do with the passage of time.Our memory traces are stored in living tissue, which inevitably changes over time.It is a well-known fact that connections between neurons deteriorate over time and as a consequence, the memory traces stored within these connections decay.
关于遗忘最根本的解释与时间的流逝有关。我们的记忆痕迹存储在活组织中，因此不可避免地随时间而变化。众所周知，神经元之间的联结会随时间而衰退，结果就是存储在这些联结中的记忆痕迹随之变浅。

In addition, there is another possible cause for the decay of our memories.Surprisingly, making new memories may be part of the reason we forget.As new memories are formed, new neurons are produced in the hippocampus(the memory hub), which changes its structure and patterns of conncetions.As a consequence, older memories are more difficult to retrieve.
此外，记忆的减退还有另一个可能的原因。令人惊讶的是，记住新东西或许正是导致我们遗忘的部分原因。 随着新的记忆形成，海马体(大脑的记忆中枢)会产生新的神经元，这会改变已有联结的结构和模式。结果，旧的记忆也就更难被检索到了。