Memory: a storage system that retains images, concepts and knowledge when the stimuli which created it no longer exist in consciousness. It depends on three sequential processes: It is essential to our identity:
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What is encoding
Encoding: the process of the brain converting information into a form (electrochemical code) that allows it to be stored in our memory.
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What is storage
Storage: refers to retaining information in the brain so that we can use it later on whereby information is stored in an organised way to make it easier for us to recover memories when we need them
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What is retrieval
Retrieval: the process of getting information back from our memory so that we can use it whereby it relies on using the right cues so that we can get to the correct location in our semantic network.
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What is sensory memory
Sensory memory: the store for incoming, brief sensory information that enters from the external environment.
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What is STM
a temporary working memory area which receives information from the long-term store and sensory register, and is where information for everyday functions is manipulated.
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What is LTM
the relatively permanent memory system that holds vast amounts of information for long periods of time.
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Encoding: the process of the brain converting information into a form (electrochemical code) that allows it to be stored in our memory.
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