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=**UNDERSTANDING HOW MEMORY WORKS**=

**Introduction**
- Flashbulb Memory is a that is created from a personal event. - It takes a conscious effort for memory to be stored in the brain. - Students learn what they want or need to learn - It is our job to make students want to learn if they do not think they need to learn

Types of Memory
-Sensory Memory has a four second to hol don our brain then is either dropped or stored away. -Immediate Memory is held for 15 to 30 seconds. Is used to look things up like a phine number than is quickly dropped - Working memory is the process of combining old knowledge to work with newly obtained Knowledge - Longterm memory is the process of taking information and storing for long periods of time

The Brain's Memory Systems
-The brain has different memory systems that are activated by dissimaler types of triggers or cues. - Semantic Memory holds information we have learned from words. - Semnatic memory is difficult for learning as it takes multiple reps to store into memory - Todays students are more liley to store info digitaly than they are in their brains - Episodic Memory deals with events, locations and people.. - Students who learn in one room and test in another consistently under perform. - Procedural memory is remembering through muscle movement - Conditioned Response Memory is triggered by certain stimuli - Emotional Memory is triggered by feelings - Emotional Memory takes precedence over any other type of Memory