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= =  A Walk around Town  Everything, from doing homework to speaking English, utilizes memories formed by the brain. Today, you are going on a walk around town to burn some calories after a huge Easter dinner! You go on the same route every day. You know how to navigate through the city because of your implicit memory, which allows you to follow a procedure. As you walk by the neighborhood coffee shop, the picture of the store remains in your mind for several seconds. This is known as sensory memory. More specifically, it is called an iconic memory. A dog barks at you. Like the picture of the coffee shop, the sound of the bark remains in your head. This is another type of sensory memory, called echoic memory. As you walk toward the grocery store, the phone number is listed in the front window. You can remember this number for several seconds because of your short term memory. The grocer, Joe, is standing outside his store. You say “Hi, Joe!” as you walk past him. You were able to recall his name even after not seeing him for months because of your long term memory. As you cross Queen Street, you suddenly remember the time when you were hit by a car at this exact spot. This type of memory, which causes you to remember traumatic events, is called flashbulb memory. You glance down at your wristwatch. It is 12:23 PM. You remember that your doctor’s appointment starts at 12:30 PM! This type of factual memory is called explicit memory. You start running the other way back to your house in an effort to make it to your appointment in time. It’s a good thing for memory or we wouldn’t be able to function (or make it to our doctor’s appointments on time)! The Wonder of Memory: The Process  How do we remember other people’s names? For that matter, how do we remember anything in our lives? There is a certain process that the brain follows in order to remember. When we first meet someone and he or she introduces himself or herself, our brain has a method to remember the name. First, our brain must go through encoding. This allows us to process the information (in this case, the information would be the person’s name). There are many ways to encode the person’s name. If we repeat the name over and over again in our heads, this is one helpful way of processing. Next, after encoding, we must store the formed memory so that we can remember his or her name in the future! This is known as storage. Memory is stored throughout the entire brain but much is stored in the prefrontal cortex (located in the front area of the brain- see diagram). Finally, the last step is retrieval. This step allows us to get memories out of storage. We wouldn’t want to forget the name in the future, so this is a vital step! Every time we meet someone new, our brain automatically goes through this process to remember his or her name.     Did You Know…? · Frequent jet lag can actually damage your memory? · Memories triggered by scent are more intense than any other memory? · People generally memorize less than 300,000 facts throughout their lifetime? · The best time for forming memories is in the early morning? · 50% of 80-year-olds show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease? · When you are having fun, your brain makes clearer memories? · The visual short term memory holds a total of four images at a time? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caffeine and blueberry juice boost memory? <span style="height: 155.25pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 19.5pt; margin-top: 19.3pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 155.25pt; z-index: 1;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

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