1. Chapter 9 Memory

2. What Is Memory and What Does it Indicate?  Memory is any indication that learning has persisted over time.  It is our ability to store and retrieve info.  Memory also consist of three stages- encoding, storage, and retrieval.

3. Encoding, Storage, Retrieval  Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from short term or long term memory.  Storage is the process of retaining information whether its short term or sensory.  Retrieval refers to the retrieval of events or information from the past.

4. Atkinsons-Shriffins Memory Model

5. Atkinsons-Shriffins Memory Model Explanation  The multi-store model of memory is an explanation of how memory processes work. You hear, see, and feel many things, but only a small number are remembered. The model was first described by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968.

6. Long Term, Short Term  As shown in the Atkinson-Shriffin model, long term memory is from one second to a lifetime. Short term memory is anywhere from 15-30 seconds.  Not all researchers agree that short- term and long-term memory are separate systems. Some theorists propose that memory is unitary over all time scales, from milliseconds to years.

7. Loss of Memory  Unfortunately memory cannot be gained back. Their has been several attempts at different memory supplements and pills but no sucesses.  Strokes, meningitis, and epilepsy can have major effects on memory.  Better hydration and avoiding sleep deprivation can result in better memory.  Another good way to have better short term memory is chunking. Usually done with phone numbers, its taking one large sentence, number or story and dividing into still large sections. . For example, a phone number sequence of 4-7-1-1-3-2-4 would be chunked into 471-1324.

8. Alzheimer's

9. ALL- TIMERS???????  Alzheimer's (often confused with all-timers) is a extremely deteriorating disease of first the memory and then the body.  This has no cure but plenty of symptoms such as confusion and repetition, mood changes and disorientation.  This debilitating disease is normally found in people over the age of 65 but the symptoms can start to show at 40.  In the ending stages of the illness, people lose the ability to carry on a conversation as well as respond to their environment.