| | '''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]]. | | '''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. (Grison & Gazzaniga, pg. 233)<ref name="piyl">Grison, Sarah, and Michael S. Gazzaniga. ''Psychology in Your Life'', pg. 233. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.</ref> | + | 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. (Grison & Gazzaniga, pg. 233)<ref name="piyl">Grison, Sarah, and Michael S. Gazzaniga. ''Psychology in Your Life''. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.</ref> |