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Memory knowing today what happened yesterday

Memory
Knowing Today, What Happened Yesterday


Memory is the mental processes that enable us to retain and use information over time. Put simply, it is applying what has happened to what is happening. Memory stores information of all types so that, at almost any given time, it can be retrieved or recalled for use in a present situation.
There are three different stages or types of memory, each distinctly different from the other two. They are sensory memory, short-term (working) memory, and long-term memory. ...
Sensory memory is where new information from the surrounding environment is registered. There can be large amounts of information located at this stage of memory at any given time. ...
The sensory information that is selected gets registered to the short-term memory. Short-term memory, also known as working memory, holds all the information one is currently thinking about and is consciously aware of.


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