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(MEM-e-ri)
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| Memory is essential to life—it allows you to remember what happens from moment to moment, as well as events from long ago. |
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Your memory allows you to recall information that you’ve retained from the past, whether it’s from moments earlier or years ago. It helps you to learn new skills and to form habits. In order to remember an experience, you must first successfully get the information collected by your senses. The information is then encoded and stored in your brain, and can be retrieved when you need it. Storage refers to how and where this information is organized in the brain over time. And retrieval refers to how you pull up this stored information. There are many different kinds of memory, including long-term memory, procedural memory, and short-term or working memory.
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