Human Memory And The Three Stages Of Memory

Humans have three stages of memory: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Each type of memory operates differently and the three types of memory are the key for a human to have a lasting memory. Sensory memory works as the shortest-term memory where the brain acts as stimuli on five senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch); Short-term memory is the ability to process information in an active state and remember the information for a certain period of time; While long-term memory can store information for a long period of time. However, information on long-term memory may decay over time.

Types of Human Memory: Diagram by Luke Mastin

Sensory memory provides the ability to truly experience photograpical skills, enabling one’s self to focus on the details from the image (Sperling, G., 1960). However, seconds later, short-term memory can only recover few details from the image (Phillips, W. A., 1974). Days later, it may even be difficult to recall the whole image, so the brain may only recall the gist of the image (Brainerd C.J., Reyna V.F., 2005). According to a research from the book “To see or not to see: The need for attention to perceive changes in

m. and Ellison, N. B., 2008). The use of social media has great impact on people’s daily lives. According to Pew Research reports, social media has affected work, politics, communications, communities, people’s level of stress, and people also use it as a way on getting information on certain things such as healthcare, dating, and parenting information. From the following article, the use of social media and its reasons are age differences, gender differences, socio-economic differences, racial and etnic similarities, and community