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'''Memory''' is remembrance of things [[past]].
'''Memory''' is the [[nervous system]]'s capacity to acquire and retain skills and [[knowledge]] for later retrieval. Simply, it is the remembrance of things [[past]].
We have multiple memory systems that have their own "rules." The memory processes that are required for information retrieval in 10 seconds are different than the processes for information retrieval in 10 years. Unlike recordings, our memories are often biased, incomplete, and distorted. Two people can have two vastly different memories of the same event.<ref name="piyl">Grison, Sarah, and Michael S. Gazzaniga. ''Psychology in Your Life''. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.</ref>
==Phases of Memory==
===Encoding===
In the encoding phase, the brain changes information into a meaningful neural code that it can use, such is how you are reading the text on this page.<ref name="piyl"></ref>
===Storage===
This stage is how an individual maintains the coded representation in the brain. It can last from a fraction of a section or last as long as a lifetime. There are three storage systems that differ in the length of time that they store information.<ref name="piyl"></ref>
===Retrieval===
In the final phase of memory, retrieval, the individual re-accesses the information from the previous stages. The accuracy of our memories is due in part to how we pay [[attention]].<ref name="piyl"></ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Psychology]]
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