The Three Memory Systems Sensory Long Term and Short Term Memory

Abstract In this paper, I emphasize there is no such thing as a "bad" memory. Then I show the reader reasons for this explanation. First, I will discuss the three categories of memory: sensory, short term and long term memory. Then an overview of their characteristics and downfalls. Second, I talk about forgetting and the positive and negative aspects of it. Afterwards, I go into the measures of forgetting and the many theories that follow …

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