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

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Our brain has limited capacity and we cannot remember everything we see. We need to pay attention and actively encode information into our memory for it to be retained. In the case of a passing car's license plate number, we may not have actively paid attention or encoded the number, leading to difficulty in retrieving it later on.

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