The Memory System

Memories are creative memories of each unique past experience. They define us and give us an identity. As we learn and progress, this information is saved as memory. The main fact of memory is that it is practice and repetition that it is an important asset that enables the brain to encode information into memory. When the brain encodes this information, it waits to be saved and retrieved. If you remember, it will be stored in the brain for a while, but the more you remember this information, the more you get used to that information, it becomes easier to remember, it makes it easier to remember in later life.

Memory is described as the process of encoding, storing and retrieving information in human storage systems. Working memory is one of four different types of memory that exist in human storage systems. The four types of memory in human storage systems are short-term memory of sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory (Martin, et al., 2010). In this article we will focus on working memory, its components, its functions, and its advantages and disadvantages. Baddeley and Hitch (1974) explains working memory as the ability to store and manipulate information in the head in a short period of time. Working memory was proposed by Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch in 1970. They think that there are four elements that make it possible to temporarily save words and visual spatial data in working memory and coordinate the preservation of materials.

In the last article, I wrote about how to design human attention. Attention is closely related to work and short term memory. However, this article focuses on the whole human memory system. There are two types of memory: short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). In terms of computer science terminology, we can think of short-term memory as RAM and long-term memory as HDD. I will explain how they work, how to design the interface to eliminate confusion, and how to reduce the cognitive effort the user must do. All of these should lead to a more user-oriented user experience.

Memory consolidation is the basic process of long-term memory formation and in fact has been explained as occurring in many different kinds of memory, species, and storage systems. It refers to a stable process of newly formed long-term memory. Initially, memory is fragile and may be confused by several types of interference, such as behavior, pharmacology, electricity. Over time, memory will become resilient to these forms of interference through a process called integration (Alberini, Bambah-Mukku, & Chen, 2012; Davis & Squire, 1984; McGaugh, 2000). Memory coalescing involves a wide range of cellular events, including synapses and transcription, translation and post-translational machinery, and their feedback and feedforward regulation.