. . . that there are three main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory?
• Encoding or registration
(processing and combining of received information)
• Storage
(creation of a permanent record of the encoded information)
• Retrieval or recall
(calling back the stored information in response to some cue for use in a process or activity)
Source: Wikipedia
See this excellent and thorough article from Wikpedia.
"In recent decades, [memory] has become one of the principal pillars of a new branch of science called cognitive neuroscience, a marriage between cognitive psychology and neuroscience."
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