Memory Recall

http://www.human-memory.net/processes_recall.html

• Memories are not stored in out brain like books on a shelve they are more scattered and in different places.
• Getting memory back requires going back to the nerve pathways the brain made when "encoding" the memory, and it depends on the strangth of the pathways to determine how fast a memory can be brought back.
• Most of what we remember is by direct retreival.
• Also the brain is able to decide in advance whether or not there is a point to searching a memory for a particular fact.
• There are 2 main methods of accessing memories, recognition and recall.
• Recognition is considered to be better than recall.
• Recognition only requires 1 process whereas Recall requires a 2 step process.