memory
Let an agent explain memory and its systems, describe how memory works and fails, support memory improvement and study strategies with evidence, and route concerns about memory problems to clinicians.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain memory and its systems, describe how memory works and fails, support memory improvement and study strategies with evidence, and route concerns about memory problems to clinicians.
The faculty by which information is encoded, stored and retrieved in the mind and brain, comprising sensory memory, short-term and working memory, and long-term memory divided into episodic, semantic, procedural, spatial and prospective forms, with rare phenomena such as eidetic memory; memory is studied in psychology and neuroscience, changes across the lifespan, can be impaired by injury and disease, and can be supported by strategies and technology.
What it is for: Encoding, storing and retrieving information.
It can be explain memory systems; describe how memory works and fails; support strategies; route concerns.
Distinguishing features
Multiple systems
Reconstructive
Brain-based
Lifespan change
What it looks like
Not physical; a cognitive faculty.
How it is recognised
Encoding, storage, retrieval
Sensory, short-term, long-term systems
Learning is acquisition; computer memory is a separate sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a related cognitive process
is related to - remembered experiences
is related to - cognition generally
In practice
Families and kinds
sensory memory
short-term and working memory
episodic and semantic memory
procedural and spatial memory
prospective memory and rare forms such as eidetic memory
Standards and regulation
Research ethics for memory studies
Clinical guidelines for memory assessment
Rules on eyewitness memory in law
Failure modes and hazards
False memories
Agents diagnosing memory disorders
Overstated memory improvement claims
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.memory-3
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand How memory works.
Psychology.
Systems
Memory systems.
Systems
Systems.
- What are sensory, working, episodic, semantic, procedural, spatial and prospective memory, and how do they interact? definition
- Is human memory or computer memory meant? boundary
Brain
Memory in the brain.
Brain
Brain.
- How do the hippocampus and other brain regions support memory, according to neuroscience? provenance
- Which entry fits neuroscience of memory? action
Improve Using and improving memory.
Practice.
Strategies
Evidence-based strategies.
Strategies
Strategies.
- Which strategies such as spaced repetition, retrieval practice and mnemonics improve memory, according to research? provenance
- Which claims about memory training are overstated? boundary
Reliability
Reliability and false memory.
Reliability
Reliability.
- Why is memory reconstructive, and what does research say about false memories and eyewitness testimony? provenance
- Which entry fits eyewitness memory? action
Health Memory across the lifespan.
General information.
Lifespan
Development and ageing.
Lifespan
Lifespan.
- How does memory develop in childhood and change with ageing, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Disorders
Memory problems.
Disorders
Disorders.
- What conditions affect memory, and when should memory problems be assessed, according to health guidance? provenance
- Is the user concerned about their own or someone else memory, which needs a clinician? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History of memory research.
History
History.
- How did memory research develop from Ebbinghaus to modern cognitive neuroscience? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can memory be taught in psychology? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each memory system be a separate entry?
- How should research be linked?
- How should clinical resources be linked?