Memory

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 Memory:

Cognitive psychologist Margaret W. Matlin has described memory as the "process of retaining information over time"

and others have defined it as "memory refers to the processes that are used to acquire store,retain and late retrieve information.

*There are three major process involved in memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval.

*Human memory involves the ability to both preserve and recover information and one more thing about our memory is people usually do think that these two processes occur in the same area but it is not they do occur in two different areas in our brain.

Types of memory:

Short term memory:

Short term memory is also known as working memory. Short memory allows to recall for a period  of several seconds to a minute without rehearsal. Its capacity is however is very limited.

 Long term memory:

Long term memory refers to the continuing storage of information.

*Important memories typically move from short term memory to long term memory .The transfer of information to long term for more permanent storage  can be happen in several steps. 

* Information can be committed to long term memory through repetition.   

              

 Implicit memory: Implicit memory is also known as unconscious memory or automatic memory. Implicit memory uses past experiences to remember things without thinking  about them.                                                                                                             

Procedural memory:

Which is  a subset of implicit memory is a part of the long term memory responsible for knowing how to do things also known as motor skills.

* You don't have to take much effort to recall how to drink water every time you feel thirsty.

Examples:

* Playing guitar.

* Climbing stairs.

Explicit memory: 

Some times referred to as declarative memory . Requires a more collective effort to remember the exact things. Declarative memory involves both semantics and episodic memory.

Examples:

*Remembering your friend birth day is next Monday.

 Semantic memory:

Semantic memory is not connected to personal  experience. Semantic memory includes things that are common knowledge.

Examples:

* Knowledge that sky is blue.

* Remembering what bird is.

* knowledge that water is a liquid.

Episodic memory:

Episodic memory is a person's unique recollection of a specific event or an episode.

Examples:

* Your holiday trip last year.

* Your first day at college.

✒Researchers believe that emotions play a critical role in what we remember.

How we store memories:

Since the 1940s scientist have suspected that memories are held with in groups of neurons or nerve cells called cell assemblies. Those interconnected cells fire as a group in response to a specific stimulus whether its your friend's face or the smell of freshly    baked bread. The more the neurons fire together the more the cells interconnections strengthen.

✒ For a short term memory to become a long term memory if must be strengthened for a long term storage, a process called memory consolidation.

✒We sometimes used to feel like that you had an answer to a question right at the tip of your tongue but you couldn't  remember. This is an example of perplexing memory retrieval problem known as Lethologica.

or the tip of the tongue phenomenon.

Tips to improve your memory:

Make a note:

Write it on a paper so that it is going to make a strong impression on your brain.

Attach a meaning  to it :

You can remember something more easily if you attach meaning to it. So that every time you no need to try to hard to remember something

Repeat it:

Repetition helps the memory become encoded beyond your short term memory.

Conclusion:

Our memories makes us who we are organize your brain with right memories.