The question has often materialised, regarding the most accurate definition of memory, How do we define something so vast and personal to people? A memory is different for each individual some choose to supress them, some think of them often and others get reminded of certain memoirs through experiencing. The experience could include many triggers some could be; a space, taste, smell, seeing, touching and hearing. This process could bring forth a memory hidden in the confines of the mind. The human memory can be understood as the most precise and closest thing to an evaluation of the human soul. A concept that is often difficult to grasp and decipher. It is a little insight into yourself, which is precisely why we share memories with people …show more content…
This simultaneous awareness of all the memories has often been questioned by Hooke’s contemporaries (Clark, 1996). The most fascinating idea of what memory retrieval is or can be explained as comes from Alan Baddeley. He speaks of memory retrieval as being like a cosmic library full of books that are either categorised and organised correctly, or uncategorised and consequently lost or forgotten. Retrieval prompts can then often help locate such memories. Oftentimes when we want to express something or tell a story and forget a part of it or it is on the tip of our tongues. That is a sign that a memory store exists within us that sometimes it takes a while to access. This is again interconnected with the senses. A sense can often also inspire access to the memory store for access of information. Some people try and capture these memories through journals, photographs and many other aspects and later retrieve these to “live that day again”. This shows the human nature for people to hold on to the precious moments of their life and then access them again when needed or required. The human need for memory is an eternal longing that needs fulfilled (Baddeley,