Abstract:Twentieth-century playwright Tennessee William once said that life is memory except for the present moment which passes so quickly that it is hard to remember, so what is memory? Memory or retention is the retention of information over time which involves encoding, storing and retrieving it. Educational psychologists study how information is stored or stored in memory, how it is retained or stored after being encoded, and how it is found or re- expressed for specific purposes at a later date. Memor… Show more
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