Memory
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Memory
Tamara Schantz
PSY/300
November 19, 2015
Jennifer Simon
Memory
“There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli” Nikola Tesla. The "Oxford University Press " (2015) defines memory as “the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information”. Memories are the basis for entire life, who we are and who we will become. Without your memories who are you? How the brain forms memories and the process of retaining information is not completely understood, but in the last few decades’ much research has been dedicated to discovering the way the brain makes memories and where they are stored. Exploration of the brain has provided insight into identifying three critical phases of memory, the maintenance of memory, and the relationship between long-term memory and working memory.
Memory can be divided into three critical phases; encoding, storage, and retrieval. All memories are made through sensory input such as, visual, acoustic, and sematic; information received by our brain must be encoded in order to store it or create a memory (McLeod, 2007). For example; memorizing a phone number can be done by encoding visually, writing the number down, or acoustically, repeating the number in your head. Encoding fires neurons in the sensory area of the cortex related directly to the sensation experienced then stored (Mastin, 2010). Memory storage is the location, duration, capacity, and type of information stored (McLeod, 2007). Memories are stored in the area of the brain they were created; therefore, they are scattered throughout the brain from the encoding process (Mastin, 2010). In other words, information encoded through sight would be stored in and later retrieved from the visual cortex. The retrieval of memory is the process of getting a memory out of storage or simply remembering. There are two main methods of retrieving a memory, recognition and recall....
Tamara Schantz
PSY/300
November 19, 2015
Jennifer Simon
Memory
“There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli” Nikola Tesla. The "Oxford University Press " (2015) defines memory as “the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information”. Memories are the basis for entire life, who we are and who we will become. Without your memories who are you? How the brain forms memories and the process of retaining information is not completely understood, but in the last few decades’ much research has been dedicated to discovering the way the brain makes memories and where they are stored. Exploration of the brain has provided insight into identifying three critical phases of memory, the maintenance of memory, and the relationship between long-term memory and working memory.
Memory can be divided into three critical phases; encoding, storage, and retrieval. All memories are made through sensory input such as, visual, acoustic, and sematic; information received by our brain must be encoded in order to store it or create a memory (McLeod, 2007). For example; memorizing a phone number can be done by encoding visually, writing the number down, or acoustically, repeating the number in your head. Encoding fires neurons in the sensory area of the cortex related directly to the sensation experienced then stored (Mastin, 2010). Memory storage is the location, duration, capacity, and type of information stored (McLeod, 2007). Memories are stored in the area of the brain they were created; therefore, they are scattered throughout the brain from the encoding process (Mastin, 2010). In other words, information encoded through sight would be stored in and later retrieved from the visual cortex. The retrieval of memory is the process of getting a memory out of storage or simply remembering. There are two main methods of retrieving a memory, recognition and recall....