What is memory? Encoding, storage and retrieval
Assalam o alaikum everyone! Welcome to Rania Diaries. You are reading these words right now but you may or may not remember these tomorrow unless you are actively reading. So what is this fascinating ability that allows us to remember stuff sometimes also making good or bad memories? Well, it’s called *drum roll please* memory! Memory is the ability to take in information, store it and recall it later at will. Basically, we are looking at three processes; encoding, storage and retrieval. Encoding Think of how you type an essay in MS word file but you have not saved it yet. This is how encoding works in human brain except it is almost automatic. If you are noticing the size and font of the words right now, that’s structural encoding. If you are focusing on any noise or sound around you, you are using semantic encoding. Lastly, if you are actively trying to understand the meaning of what you are reading, you are using semantic encoding. Storage This step is almost...