Our memories are valuable. All over the world, people work and live to make good ones. Not only are they cherished, but without them, we wouldn’t be able to learn skills, language, and information. Thankfully, our brains specialize in the area of making and recalling memories. In order to make a memory, we have to “encode, store, and retrieve information.” (200) Between these three stages of processing information, our brains contain many types of memory.
The first stage that our brains go through to create memories is encoding the information we receive; this type of memory is called sensory memory. Here, we use our senses, such as touch and sight, to process the information. Memory at this stage “lasts only an instant.” (201) If you choose …show more content…
This is why people often try to repeat items on their grocery list and acquaintances’ names. When rehearsed by organizing the information, in a process called “elaborative rehearsal”(203), information enters long-term memory. In this section of memory storage, space is ample. Because of long-term memory, I know where I live, my parents names, and the fact that a barista makes coffee, just to name a few. In order to organize the vast amount of information our brains store, scientists say that our long-term memory has “memory modules” (203) or different subdivisions of information. One subdivision is declarative memory, which contains facts. For example, I know by heart that my favorite painter, Vincent Van Gogh, created almost 900 painting in his lifetime. Another subdivision is semantic memory which holds general information. Semantic memory lets me remember that gravity keeps us on the ground. Episodic memory covers personal memories. Using this section of memory, I can recall the first band I saw perform live in-concert, which was Death Cab for Cutie at the Tennessee Theater. The next “module” of long term memory is procedural memory. This section holds our skills and habits. With this area, I can remember how to drive a car and play a
The first stage that our brains go through to create memories is encoding the information we receive; this type of memory is called sensory memory. Here, we use our senses, such as touch and sight, to process the information. Memory at this stage “lasts only an instant.” (201) If you choose …show more content…
This is why people often try to repeat items on their grocery list and acquaintances’ names. When rehearsed by organizing the information, in a process called “elaborative rehearsal”(203), information enters long-term memory. In this section of memory storage, space is ample. Because of long-term memory, I know where I live, my parents names, and the fact that a barista makes coffee, just to name a few. In order to organize the vast amount of information our brains store, scientists say that our long-term memory has “memory modules” (203) or different subdivisions of information. One subdivision is declarative memory, which contains facts. For example, I know by heart that my favorite painter, Vincent Van Gogh, created almost 900 painting in his lifetime. Another subdivision is semantic memory which holds general information. Semantic memory lets me remember that gravity keeps us on the ground. Episodic memory covers personal memories. Using this section of memory, I can recall the first band I saw perform live in-concert, which was Death Cab for Cutie at the Tennessee Theater. The next “module” of long term memory is procedural memory. This section holds our skills and habits. With this area, I can remember how to drive a car and play a