Memory: what is memory?

Storage 2

-Hippocampus plays a role in memory storage -Memories are not stored in one particle part of the brain -Information can be stored for varying lengths of time (from moment to moment, about 20-30 seconds, or indefinitely

Encoding 2

-Not all information can enter into our memory system -The brain is constantly being bombard with sensory information -"lost" information isn't being forgotten, ti was never encoded in the first place

Retrieval 2

-When you successfully remember something that is retrival -Just because you stored some information in your memory doesn't mean you can retrieve that info But it does not mean that information is completely gone

Retrieval

The process of accessing information encoded and stored in your memory

Memory

The process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information

Storage

The process of preserving information so it can be recalled in the future

Encoding

The process through which information enters our memory system