1. Memory

2. See if you can remember this:
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See if you can remember this: . . .

3. Draw the image on a loonie from memory

4. Can you remember the names of all your teachers from grade school?

5. What is Memory?
The capacity to acquire, retain, and recall knowledge and skills
Episodic memory: remembering things from the past
Semantic memory: knowledge of how the world works
Procedural memory: knowing how to do things

6. 3 Levels of Memory Sensory Memory Examples: Based on 5 senses
Only recorded for a few seconds – once you’ve recorded the necessary information, the sensory memory fades
Examples:
Taste of sandwich in your mouth
Sight of a squirrel crossing the road
Feel of chair against your back

7. 3 Levels of Memory Short-term memory
What’s going on in your conscious mind right now
Holds information for seconds
Most people can remember about 7 separate, unorganized items in short term memory
Can work with more if you organize it into groups
Example: someone tells you their phone number and you punch it into your cell phone

8. 3 Levels of Memory Long-term Memory
Which is easier to remember, the name of a friend, or the name of the waiter at the last restaurant you dined at?
If it’s important to you, you’ll remember it
Long-term memory is unlimited, but we not always be able to recall the information

9. 3 Levels of Memory Tricks to improving your long term memory?
Ascribe personal meaning
Mnemonic device
Recall items regularly
Organization

10. Can you remember the following?
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