We don't really know how our brain store information. We don't really know exactly how it organize information. As of this, we don't really know its capacity for storage.
We do know however that it organizes information quite different to methods used by these days computers. Most people have a quite inaccurate memory because it does not normally prove useful to actually remember all details about what we see, feel or hear. We filter out information on an estimated need to know basis and remember only what we think is important at the moment.
Some of us are better at remember details than others. Some of us remember songs and lyrics but not pictures and images. Others remember pictures and images but not songs and lyrics. Others yet again remember all. We can not say that one brain has got the same storage capacity or learning potential as another brain. We do however think that the brain can develop to a certain extent.
The storage space...
As of yet we simply do not know the brains capacity.
It ought to be quite a few gigabytes. Possibly many terabytes.
The conversion of short term memory to long term memory is called memory consolidation.
State - Dependent Memory **
Two subsystems to long-term memory include semantic and episodic memory.
Two subsystems to long-term memory include semantic and episodic memory.
Long Term Memory
No
Short term memory is where you store stuff that you won't need for a very long time. Long term is the opposite.
Yes and a long term memory too.
sensory menory-->short-term memory--> long term memory
The three main levels of memory are sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory holds sensory information for a very brief period, short-term memory stores information for a short time without rehearsal, and long-term memory has a more permanent storage capacity for information.
There are three main types of memory. These types of memory include sensory memory, short-term memory, as well as long-term memory.
A loss of memory for a very long time.