23. Memory takes a lot of mental resources

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• 23. Memory takes a lot of mental resources

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• people get 40 billion sensory inputs every second, and are consciously aware of 40 of them at any one
• time. These sensory inputs can be as small as the feeling of your tongue on your teeth.

recency effect

• The tendency to remember the last bit of information, such as the last bit of a presentation.

suffix effect

• The tendency to forget information that was close to a distraction. For example if your phone went off during a presentation, you would likely forget the information before the phone call, but remember the beginning of the presentation.

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• concrete words are easier to store in long-term memory than
• abstract words, because you have more visual links to those words. Having visuals helps you remember things, such as icons.

Interesting facts

• -Info in the middle of a presentation is least likely to be remembered.
• -Rhyming helps the brain remember.
• -The brain processes the days memories while you sleep, deciding what to remember and what to forget.
• -When your sad, you remember sad things.