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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1379 words (5.52 pages) in the essay titled Short term memory Memory plays a crucial role in our lives. As you know, there are many deadlines, dates,and names to remember. How do we remember them all? Where does the information go? Memory also plays a very important part in learning. Intelligence is fundamentally based on memory. Learning means a change that causes a system to act differently on the basis of what is contained within it. Our memories are constantly changing. To understand how we learn, it is necessary to learn how we store information. How the memory works is not exactly understood. Before I discuss the different theorists and their ideas on how our memory system works, I will explain the basic areas of our memory. Memory is the retention of information and how a person retrieves information. Memory is essential for intelligent behavior. Without memory, learning Memories are generally formed by chemical changes in the nerve cells and the pathways in the brain that are involved with the memory process. The parts of the brain that are concerned with memory are the hippocampus, cortex, and thalamus. Everytime someone learns something new, new pathways are created.(Howe, 1983) There is two types of memory which are motor-skill memory and factual memory. Motor-skill memory obviously refers to remembering how to walk , run, etc. Factual memory refers to remembering telephone numbers, names, different places, etc. There is three levels of memory in which input travels; senso... |
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Keywords: memory memory, short term memory, long term memory, sensory memory, memory works, types of memory, memory system, parts of the brain, thalamus, hippocampus, crucial, new pathways, motor skill, howe, memories, intelligent behavior, constantly changing, five senses, nerve cells, chemical changes