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Essay / Free Memory and Long-Term Memory - 1160
Memory is the brain's ability to collect, encrypt and retrieve information. There are three types of memory: sensory, short-term and long-term. Long-term memory includes three types of retrieval: cued recall, free recall, and serial recall. Recall is the ability to reiterate stored information. Indicate the subject of this study. Based on previous research, we hypothesize: that there is greater recall in cued recall than in free recall. Give a brief description of the methods (Participants, apparatus, procedure) The results demonstrate no significance between the free memory and cued recall memory groups. Differences Between Cued and Free Recall from Short- and Long-Term Memory Memory is the brain's ability to collect, encrypt, and retrieve information. There are three types of memory: sensory, short-term and long-term. Sensory memory is the first stage of memory. The brain absorbs information but does not store it for more than a few seconds. Short-term memory is the second stage where the brain works on information obtained from sensory memory. Sensory memory is not long-term memory, meaning it is not stored for very long. Long-term memory is the brain's ability to store short-term memory into information that can be retrieved later. Long-term memory has no storage duration. It is archived in the brain and can be retrieved minutes, days and years later after being stored. Long-term memory includes three types of retrieval: cued recall, free recall, and serial recall. Recall is the ability to reiterate stored information. Cued recall involves cues to help remember necessary information. Serial recall involves retrieving information and repeating it in a specific order. F...... middle of paper...... the group had a different experimenter saying the words, meaning different emotions, expressions, speeds and tone of voice. The (N=15) was also a small sample, a larger sample would mean data more representative of the population. Future research should investigate how long after a list is given, participants can recall the information. The experimenter should read the words and further distract the participant. The participant would then be placed in a free recall group or a cued recall group to determine how long this information can be stored and which group would do best. Future research may also determine whether emotion contributes to the participant's ability to recall information. Once again, the participant would be placed in either a free recall or cued recall group. The words would be read with different expressions and emotions to determine which group remembers the most words.