Long-term memory(LTM)

Refers to the storage of information over an extended period.  It is all the memories you hold for periods longer than a few seconds.  The information can last in your long-term memory for hours,  days,  months,  or even years.  Although you may forget some information after you learn it,  other things will stay with you forever.  Some information retained in STM is processed or encoded into long-  term memory.  This information is filed away in your mind and must be retrieved before it can be used.  Some of the information in your LTM is easy to recall,  while other memories are much more difficult to retrieve Unlike short-term memory,  long-term memory has seemingly unlimited capacity.  You may remember numerous facts and figures, as well as episodes in your life from years ago.

Ø  Types of long-term memory

There are main two types of long term memory: Explicit memory and implicit memory.

v  Explicit memory: Explicit memory are those experiences that can be intentionally and consciously remembered.  It is knowledge or experiences that can be consciously remembered such as facts, data, episodes,  or events.  Explicit memory can be further sub-categorized as either episodic or semantic memories. 

§  Episodic memory refers to the firsthand experiences that you have had(e.g.  episodes or events in your life).  For example,  you may remember your 16th birthday party or your first soccer game. 

§  Semantic memory refers to knowledge of facts and concepts about the world.  For example,  you may remember the names of presidents or how to multiple two numbers.

v  Implicit memory: refers to knowledge that we cannot consciously access.  It is remembering without awareness.  For example,  you may remember how to ride a bike or walk,  but it is difficult to explain how you do it.

Activity: Complete the text

https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2805066/long_term_memory.htm

In the following link you can find more information on the subject:

(http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/memory/stages-of-memory/)

Short-term memory (STM)

Is also known as working or active memory.  It holds the information you are currently thinking about.  This information will quickly be forgotten unless you make a conscious effort to retain it.  Like sensory memory,  short-term memory holds information temporarily,  pending further processing.  However,  unlike sensory memory which holds the complete image received by your senses short-term memory only stores your interpretation of the image.

Short-term memory holds information you are actively thinking about.  It lasts for a very brief time (less than a minute)  and can only hold 7+/- 2 pieces of information at once.

Activity: word search puzzle
https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2805114/short_term_memory.htm

In the following link you can find more information on the subject: http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/memory/stages-of-memory/

Sensory Memory

Sensory memory is the first stage of memory,  Its purpose is to give your brain time to process the incoming information.  Sensory memory is not consciously controlled.

Processes information gathered through your five senses.  It holds information for an extremely brief period of time (less than a second)  after the original stimulus has stopped.

Basically,  sensory memory allows you to see the world as an unbroken chain of events,  rather than as individual pieces.

Ø  Types of sensory memory

v  Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory that holds the mental representation of your visual stimuli. 

v  Echoic memory is the auditory sensory memory that hold information that you hear. 

v  Haptic memory is the tactile sensory memory that holds information from your sense of feeling.

Activity:  word search puzzle
https://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/2805013/sensory_memory.htm

In the following link you can find more information on the subject:
http://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/memory/stages-of-memory/

What is memory?

Memory is our ability to encode, store, retain and subsequently recall information and past experiences in the human brain. It can be thought of in general terms as the use of past experience to affect or influence current behaviour.

There are 3 types of memory:

Ø  Sensory memory

Ø  Short term memory

Ø  Long-term memor

Human Memory

In the following video you can find 9 Interesting Facts About the Human Memory

In the following link you can find more information on the subject:

http://www.human-memory.net/intro_what.html

Introduction

Memory makes us. If we couldn't recall the who, what, where, and when of our everyday lives, we would never be able to manage. We mull over ideas in the present with our short-term (or working) memory, while we store past events and learned meanings in our long-term (episodic or semantic) memory.

Activity:

In the previous text what is the meaning of the word mull?

a) Contemplar    B)Calentar con especias   D)Reflexionar 

In the following link you can find more information on the subject: https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/memory