How Does Simulation Affect Memory?

Memory is the encoding, storage, consolidation, and retrieval information. Encoding is transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory. Storage is maintaining the information. Consolidation is the arrangement if the information. The retrieval of information is bring the stored material to the mind. The three memory systems are sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory holds information from the five senses: hear, touch, sight, taste, and smell. However, it can only hold less than three seconds. Short-term memory holds five to nine items for less than 30 seconds without repetition. To make learning easier, you can group bits of information into larger units. If you don't rehearse the information gradually, new information punishes the existing information. Long-term memory has unlimited capacity. It can hold minutes to a lifetime. One kind of information stored in the subsystems of long-term memory is episodic memory. Episodic memory is information or events that occur in episodes or one event to another. …show more content…
Environmental conditions can affect memory by recalling materials more easily in the same environment in which they learned. For instance, studying in a room was best recalled in a room. Emotional states affect memory by recalling information better if they are in the same emotional state as when the information was encoded. For an example, Being angry while studying leads to a lower test grade. The flashbulb memory is memory that are extreme vivid and can be highly emotional. However, they are not accurate to people. Culture can influence memory by influencing the ability to remember the kind of material, such as remembering locations