How your brain forms a memory
Process map by Brian. 12 steps, 2 layers. Tags: brain, memory, psychology.
- Your senses: You experience something
- Your senses: Is it new, emotional or repeated?
- Hippocampus: Neurons fire together and the hippocampus tags it as worth keeping
- Hippocampus: The memory is held in short term storage
- Sleep: Sleep replays the day and moves memories to long term storage
- Cortex: The memory is spread across the cortex
- Cortex: Each time you recall it, you rebuild it
- Cortex: The memory gets stronger or drifts
- Your senses: It fades within seconds or minutes