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Retreiving long term memory is not a conscious action. But
asking your memory to "look for it" is a conscious action.


See the way i look at this, and this area of science is new and I am by no means an expert on this topic, but even the decision to "look for it" might feel conscious, but it is really just your brain responding to whatever input asked for it. non-consciously. in this case the "looking for it" covers up the fact that it is still triggered by an outside source and your brain still decides whether its worth looking for or not.