We all know that memory has varying degrees of retention of information because, as we experienced on several occasions, there is evidence that persist in the mind of a lifetime, others fade with time, some who find it hard to remember and those we rebuild. Based on the above, scholars in the field have been classified into several branches, which according to the neurologist Núñez Orozco are:
Retention. Saves new information in the short term, for example, when someone gives us an unlisted phone number and mark it soon.
In the short term. It is to record and remember events that have happened for several hours, for example, remember what you ate for breakfast the day before.
In the medium term. In this type of memory information is kept longer, since we can remember events of the past few years or months.
In the long term. Store events that have occurred long ago, as is the case of events that occurred in childhood.
Procedural. With this type of memory can be performed automatically some everyday actions, in which consciousness becomes practically useless. Thus, almost without thinking, we agree to set the alarm, locked the front door when we go or what path we must do to go to work.
Declarative. Consists of memories that remain in time and that can be voluntarily or involuntarily relive, encompassing episodic memory (is related to daily events) and semantic (stores learned concepts and skills).
Olfactory. It occurs when we perceive an odor that immediately brings to mind memories of something that lived long ago, which may be pleasant or unpleasant, and recorded because they had a significant emotional depth.
credit to: Karina Vasquez Galarza
Posted in 
Tags: