Memory

If you’re here because you want to know the definition of retroactive interference, or maybe you’d like to see some examples… you’re in luck! This page is all about the wild phenomenon that is retroactive interference, and how it can have a serious effect on our memories. You’ll also learn how to prevent retroactive interference. … Read more

In cognitive psychology, the study of memory is quite important for many applications. When we experience events, we take the information our senses gathered and store it in various forms of memories so we can learn and grow as people.  Memory is the structure and processes involved in the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information, … Read more

Are you a psychology student wanting help putting the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory into your long-term memory? You’ve came to the right place! In this article, my goal is to provide you with everything there is to know about the Multi-Store model of memory. What Is the Atkinson and Shiffrin Model of Memory?  … Read more

Everyone wants to improve their memory capacity and duration. Being able to hold onto information for a long period of time comes in handy quite often! There are certainly ways to improve your overall ability to remember information, like getting more sleep or taking B-12 vitamins. But on this page, you are not going to … Read more

Are photographic memories real? People commonly believe photographic memory to be an ability to look at whatever is in front of them, close their eyes, and immediately recall every detail. (Many X-Files fans claim that Fox Mulder has a photographic memory.) But this astounding ability seems so out of reach – because as far as … Read more

Memory can be tricky. Any cognitive psychologist knows that false memories and small (or big) errors in memory happen all the time. There are some moments that we remember so vividly. We trust our memories. We know what we saw and what we said and what we heard.  But have you ever gotten into an … Read more

Long-term memory is a mystery to cognitive psychologists because there seem to be no ends to the duration or capacity of it; however, we can also lose long-term memories for no reason.  We don’t have all the answers about long-term memory, but psychologists have been able to classify them in an attempt to understand how … Read more

It’s easy to separate our brain into two sections: short-term memory storage and long-term memory storage. But research has shown that this model is too simplistic. Where does daydreaming fit in? How do we apply skills and knowledge that are stored in our long-term memory to calculate problems that exist in our short-term memory? How … Read more

There are two places where we store memories. Most of our memories are stored in our long-term memory. (You can watch a video all about this limitless memory storage in another video.) In this video, we are going to focus on short-term memory storage. This storage has limits, and in some cases, can be completely … Read more

Maybe you’re studying the Recency Effect for a psychology class you have, or maybe you are performing some research on memory. Either way, my goal with this page is to give you the best resource on the topic! What Is the Recency Effect?  In psychology, the recency effect suggests that when you learn information in … Read more