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Can we improve our memories?
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Can we improve our memories? Memory is the capacity in which we are able to recall events and experiences. There are several types of memory including semantic memory, which can be words and sentence structure, episodic memory that is material from the past, which can also be known as autobiographical memory, and procedural memory, which is how you do things such as riding a bike. Also, there is long term memory (LTM) which, in theory, is unlimited and things within it can be remembered indefinitely and short term memory (STM) which is limited and involves remembering just a couple of things for a short time, for example recalling a shopping list. There are three stages to memory; encoding which is the acquisition of knowledge and a creation of an internal representation, storage which involves the retention of this representation in the LTM or the STM and retrieval which is the...
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