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Memory

The family of processes through which information and experience are encoded, retained, and retrieved.

Direct answer

Memory is not one container. It is a family of processes and systems involved in retaining information, making prior experience available, and reconstructing what was learned or encountered.

Mechanism

How it works

  1. 01

    Encoding changes incoming information into a form that can persist.

  2. 02

    Storage and consolidation affect persistence over time.

  3. 03

    Retrieval reactivates information and can itself modify later remembering.

Consequence

Why it matters

  1. 01

    Memory shapes identity, learning, expectation, and choice.

  2. 02

    A system that remembers selectively can produce different futures from one exposed to the same present evidence.

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Questions this page answers

4 questions
Why do memories change?
What is semantic memory?
How is memory different from recognition?
Why do cues matter for retrieval?

Evidence

Sources

2 cited
  1. 01
    APA Dictionary: semantic memoryAmerican Psychological Association
  2. 02
    APA Dictionary: active memoryAmerican Psychological Association

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