Memory encodes, stores, and retrieves information through three main processes. It has three main components - sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory briefly stores sensory information, short-term memory actively stores information for around 20-30 seconds, and long-term memory stores information over a long period through recall and recognition. The brain stores different types of long-term memory in different areas like the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and cerebellum. Factors like forgetting, selective memory, interference and memory loss can impact how well information is stored and retrieved from memory. Exercising the brain through activities, sleep, and limiting substances like smoking and drinking can help improve memory functions.

1. MEMORY By Tierra Forks-Bonds February 2011 PSYCH 275

3. Short-term

5. Stores: After information has been encoded, it is stored for later use. We are not aware of memory being stored until we need to use the information.

8. Stored very briefly (half-second to 4 seconds).

10. Stored for 20-30 seconds.

11. Quickly forgotten as it has a limited capacity.

13. Two types of information retrieval

14. Recall: information is reproduced from memory.

16. Repetition creates strong neural connections.

18. We can forget memories if they were not encoded properly; therefore not making it to long-term memory.

19. Interference

20. When information is similar to other information and memories compete and interfere with other memories.

21. Fading over time

23. This is when we purposely forget memories because of the negative experiences associated with them.

24. Studies have shown that blocking out horrid memories can be harmful to long-term memory because of all the effort that is put in to avoid pain.

26. Dissociative fugue: Created confusion about identity and life events.

27. Korsakoff’s psychosis: Inability to form short-term memories. Typically occurs in alcholics.

28. Post-traumatic amnesia: Happens after coma and causes disorientation, and agitation. Can also happen when negative emotions related to trauma occur.There are many forms of memory loss, and they can occur to anyone at any age.

30. It will show 15 words one at a time, for one second each.

31. The goal is to remember as many as possible.

32. After you have seen all 15 words, write down as many as you can remember.http://www.positscience.com/games-teasers/word-games/word-list-recall/confirm

34. BRAIN GAMES

35. SLEEP

36. BREATHING

37. BEING SOCIAL

38. DANCING

39. NEW LANGUAGES

42. Slide 10: Forgetting

43. http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/a/memory.htm

44. Slide 2: What is Memory, Slide 5: Sensory Memory, Slide 6: Short-Term Memory, Slide 7: Long-Term Memory

45. http://changingminds.org/explanations/memory/sensory_memory.htm

46. Slide 5: Sensory Memory

47. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7142

48. Slide 6: Short-Term Memory

49. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_winter/Topics/human-cap/memory.html

50. Slide 5: Sensory Memory, Slide 6: Short-Term Memory, Slide 7: Long-Term Memory

51. http://www.web-us.com/memory/generic_ltm_memory.htm

52. Slide 7: Long-Term Memory

53. http://www.positscience.com/games-teasers/word-games/word-list-recall

54. Slide 13: How Sharp is Your Memory

55. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 50:8 2009 pp 1029-1038 by Kristin Valentino., Seree L. Toth and Dante Cicchetti

56. Slide 9: Over generalizing Memory