Sensory memory is a very transient type of memory that works only as long as experience is present. For example, if you are looking for a bird, you just remember it as long as it is in front of you. The time it takes off, you do not want to remember what he looked like unless they have filed the information away in your short term memory. In fact, sensory memory holds as long as yourself is one thing. If you feel an object, smell or feel something, that's all there in the sensory memory for a very short time while your senses are active.
The short-term memory, on the other hand, can help you recall a little longer, in fact, as long as you keep thinking about it. If the phone number you are stopped repeatedly without a break until you write, or the image of the bird, it will remain available as long as you feel active. If not, it was cleared within 20 seconds. To note, the brain has to move in support of long-term memory.
How does long-term memory? He was the pillar of memory and can contain an unlimited number of information, which can vary from minutes to the ancient life time. the long-term memory is like a big hard drive of a supercomputer which can be unlimited information stored for a lifetime. It is the memory that we have to hone, polish and activate.
Everything seems very technical and complicated, but just think in terms of storage towers. Take the example of a mirror. You can not keep the ice from melting beyond a few minutes, if you do not keep in the refrigerator. Sensory memory is like ice cream is kept out. If you keep ice cream in the refrigerator, it will remain a semi-formed and which is the short-term memory. Now put the ice cream in the freezer and it will harden to a large extent. Even if you go out and keep it off, it will take some time to melt. This is the long-term memory. Pretty simple, is not it?
Connecting to the brain and memory:
No one is born with a bad memory. As humans, we have provided a surprisingly strong brain. And God is not partial to any person in making this extraordinary gift. We, however, laugh often distracted people or people with little memory and tease them by saying - ". You are standing at the end of the queue when God was distributing brains"
It is interesting to learn about the brain called the most fantastic body that governed our actions and thinking. Super master controller, much like the remote you use to surf TV channels. The brain is constantly bombarded with information relayed by the senses.Enonnous Just imagine the work he has to deal with all this information ever be passed on to them.
How does it handle all the traffic information?
The amount of information that floods the brain is amazing. The brain has an unenviable job of sifting the pieces do not matter and selection on important issues that should be stored. Memory is just one facet of the multiple functions of the brain.
Because this book deals with memory, we only discuss this aspect of brain function. The human brain is a complex and sophisticated organ. It consists of billions of cells that will continue to analyze, store and retrieve information. No computer can match the well organized and a healthy brain. An interesting fact about the brain is that although only 2 percent of total body weight, it uses about 20 percent of oxygen used by the whole body when it is rest. The brain can not go without oxygen for more than 3-5 minutes without causing serious damage to him.
The most striking feature of the brain is the backup system. It stores each with a different memory space. The memory system works surprisingly UN. Sometimes you'll see that a certain smell brings back memories of your childhood or a visit to a mountain holiday resort triggered a memory of the little hill station to another. At other times, you can spend hours trying to remember someone's name without success, than to suddenly remember names when you talk to someone or something else.
