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Memory is a function of the brain: the ability to retain information. Memory is much studied by cognitive psychology and neuroscience. There are multiple types of classifications for memory based on duration, nature and retrieval of perceived items. The main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory, (from an information processing perspective) are:

Further reading

Draaisma D (2005) Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: how memory shapes our past (CUP, Cambridge).

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