Memory I

 

          In the last episode, I wrote about the first step into learning which is encoding! The step involves the perception of information through human various sense organs and the information perceived is transmitted into sensory inputs and then ready to go into the memory. This is leading to the second step in learning which is storage. The pieces of information being received don't just end at being sensory inputs alone well, not all. But they get stored up for later use. 

When storage is about to happen then your memory comes into full action. A lot of people believe memory is only needed when you probably just need to remember something but No! Memory takes its full force when learning is in process. Now, what is memory?

   Human memory involves the ability to both preserve and recover information. Memory is a cognitive process that biologically happens with the help of some neurons in the brain. Memory isn't as simple as it looks because you could have imagined you had stored some things up only to discover you can't find them when you need to remember them. Then you imagine yourself opening the pages of what you assumed your memory to be and at the end of the day you end up a fruitless search. This could be based on some inaccuracy while retaining the pieces of information received or a memory disorder. There are 3 types of memory which I prefer to call 3 stages because I have observed that every piece of information goes through each from the first type just that some information didn't make it to the second whilst others made it to the second didn't make it to the last. The 3 types are;

 Sensory Memory

Short-term memory

Long term memory