Memory

Memory

1. The ability to remember things serves us in several ways

2. Recognise people we know, places, things

3. Memory Functions

   • Spatial memory: places
   • Recognise people, faces,names
   • Remembering previous events
     • Important numbers
       • Vocabulary and grammar
   • Emotional Recognition
   • Remembering movements
   • Remembering vocabulary and grammar
     • Things you have studied
   • Recalling other sensory information

4. Primary Functions

   • Recall
     • Retrieve information that you learned previously
   • Recognition
     • Identify something thaat you observed previously
   • Relearning
     • Learn something more quickly when you have observed

5. Memory Errors

   • Encording Failure
   • Storage decay
   • Retrieval failure
   • Retrieval failure
   • Interfrence
   • Memory construction errors