The memory

The memory

1. What is Memory? Memory refers to the processes that are used to acquire, store, retain, and later retrieve information.

2. There are three major processes involved in memory: encoding, storage, and ​retrieval.

3. Short-Term Memory

   • Short-term memory, also known as active memory, is the information we are currently aware of or thinking about.

4. Sensory Memory

   • Sensory memory is the earliest stage of memory. During this stage, sensory information from the environment is stored for a very brief period of time, generally for no longer than a half-second for visual information and 3 or 4 seconds for auditory information.

5. Long-Term Memory

   • Long-term memory refers to the continuing storage of information. In Freudian psychology, long-term memory would be called the preconscious and unconscious.