Memory

The mental faculty that allows us to retain information as well as recall experiences from a long time ago is known as memory. The human memory is a highly complex neurological system. Every individual’s ability to encode, store, retrieve and interpret their own memory helps to distinguish each of us from the person standing next to us.

How exactly are memories formed? How are they stored? How are they retrieved? How does this process differ from person to person? Why do we forget? Why do we remember? What factors contribute most to memory loss, memory management and memory improvement? Get the answers to these main questions and many more online at LiveScience.com.

Below you’ll find comprehensive articles, news specials, photos and interactive features that will take you deep inside the human memory. Develop a better understanding as to why we are they way we are, and how memory plays such a critical role in our physical, social and psychological development as human beings.

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