The human memory
“Memory is the process of maintaining information over time.” (Matlin, 2005)
“Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present’ (Sternberg, 1999).
“Your brain activates a system to store memories as a reference for you to learn from…not to create a past for you to be stuck in” by dr. Steve maraboli Do you wonder sometimes how our brain works and how the Formation of Memory change with age? or Where are the old memories stored? and where in the brain are the memories stored? And How does the human brain store and retrieve memories?
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Each of the three stages in memory-sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory focuses on encoding, storage, and retrieval. Memories are stored in a specific brain cells, according to the university of Queensland said that the hippocampus, the neocortex and the amygdala. Implicit memories, such as motor memories, rely on the basal ganglia and cerebellum. Short-term working memory relies most heavily on the prefrontal cortex. And according to the MIT researchers they have shown, for the first time ever, that memories are stored in specific brain cells. By triggering a small cluster of neurons, the researchers were able to force the subject to recall a specific memory. By removing these neurons, the subject would lose that