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World Service,3 mins

It’s like riding a bike, you never forget – but why?

CrowdScience

Available for over a year

Professor Lara Boyd from the University of British Columbia in Canada tells CrowdScience presenter Marnie Chesterton what’s going on when we learn to ride a bicycle, and why we never forget. It comes down to these two different memory systems in our brains and you can find out more and listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds.

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