... human mind is designed so that information can be stored as memories in a way so that the memory can be easily recalled upon in the future. However if something is to be remembered it has to be stored and it is in the method of how we store information that determines how efficient our memories are. The human memory is made up of both short term and long-term memory capabilities. When information is exposed to the memory it first enters the short-term memory, here the information is stored temporarily. In the short-term memory information can be held for an indefinite period due to a process of rehearsal. The process of rehearsal is carried out so that the information in the STM is continually recycled so that it never completely decayed and therefore lost. However the STM does have limitation on it, the first is that without the process of ...

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