Recently, thinking about my favorite memory with my family, I became intrigued with the process of how memories are kept in the brain. This is the research that I found about it.
The brain is mysterious to many researchers and doctors, but one of the most intriguing things our brains do is keep memories. Our brains are such a small part of our body, but we wouldn’t be able to perform simple daily functions without the memories it creates. On a daily basis our brains are flooded with information, but we only retain a certain amount of that information.
There is Sensory Memory, and of course, short-term memory and long-term memory. Each of these are used as a filter to protect us from overloading our brains with information.
Long-term memory is storage for information that is needed for a long period of time. Long-term memory can consist of anything you remember that happened more than a few minutes ago. These memories are the more significant ones because they can last from a few days to many years. All of these memories are not equally remembered by someone.
Short-term memories are memories that are only available for about 10 to 15 minutes. These are like the memories that Dory kept forgetting in the movie Finding Nemo.
Sensory Memory is any memories that has to do with the five senses. They act as a kind of buffer for stimuli in the five senses. This is like when you see an object briefly before it disappears, but once it is gone the memory is still retained for a short period of time.
There is more great information about memories in this crash course video by Hank Green.
To read about my favorite memory with my family, Click Here
Resources used: http://www.human-memory.net/types_sensory.html Picture of the Brain
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