Across The Globe with Dr. Megha

Memory – Concepts, Types and Strategies to develop memory Memory is the mental function that enables one to acquire, retain and recall sensation, impressions, information and thoughts one has experienced. There are several types, stages, classifications and functions of memory. Most people think of memory as either short-term or long-term. However, memory can be divided into many more types or categories. We categorise short-term or long-term as stages of memory than types of memory. Types of memory are mostly subsets of long-term memory. *Three stages of Memory* There are three stages of memory: sensory, short-term, long-term. Information processing begins in sensory memory, moves to short-term memory, and eventually moves into long-term memory. Information that one comes across on daily basis may move through the three stages of memory. However, not all information makes its way through all three stages. Most of it is forgotten somewhere along the way. The determination of what info...