The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to memory:
Memory – faculty of the mind by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Memory is vital to experiences and related to limbic systems, it is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action.[1] If we could not remember past events, we could not learn or develop language, relationships, nor personal identity (Eysenck, 2012).
Memory can be described as all of the following:
Main articles: Computer memory and Exosomatic memory |
History of memory