Memory

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:

Related topics

• Amnesia
• Long-term potentiation
• Hebbian learning
• Neural adaptation
• Mnemonic
• Muscle memory or proprioception - the sense and memory of how parts of the body are trained to move
• The Memory-Prediction Framework - an acclaimed "unifying theory of memory"
• Synaptic plasticity