How our memory is divided (and how to maximise it)
October 2, 2015
Excerpt: God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” ― J.M. Barrie Our long term memory might be unlimited in it's storage capability. But we have to know how it sorts information before we can harness that to it's full potential. We've...
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God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” ― J.M. BarrieOur long term memory might be unlimited in it's storage capability. But we have to know how it sorts information before we can harness that to it's full potential. We've talked before about the 'multi-store' model of memory, the 'magic number' crucial to our memory's success and how, while too simple to be complete, it's a very useful way of thinking about how our memory works. But the long term memory is really a store of several different types of information:
- Declarative memory - this is our store of facts, the stuff we can 'declare. It consists of two further sub-categories, episodic memory and semantic memory. Semantic memory refers to our general knowledge about the world (like what a printer is or that birds have wings). Episodic memory is what we most often talk about when we think about memory, it refers to our recollections of events.
- Procedural memory - refers to our muscle memory; our ability to carry out actions and carry out motions without necessarily thinking about the process.
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