Ispectrum Magazine Ispectrum Magazine #05 | Page 6

MEMORY TYPES -WHERE DO FBMS FIT IN? The way information is stored depends on the type of memory it is. There are two main memory categories short and long term memory. Because it is not necessary to store all the information we process in our brain these memory types act as a filter. After being perceived information passes to the short term memory, which can store the information for around 20 seconds. After this the information is either lost or transf \