Encoding, Storage and Retrieval: The Processes of Memory Memory is very complex and a little mysterious. There is a lot to know about the way one can organize a lifetime of memories. Research has helped clarify several missing elements in the traditional three-stage memory model. One can now understand the way information is changed as it is encoded, stored and then later retrieved. These three processes can be described similarly to the memory of a …showed first 75 words of 390 total…

…showed last 75 words of 390 total…ways. There is so much that one would miss without his or her memories just as a computer would not be able to function without its. This just goes to show how one uses memory and personal experience to live each day to the fullest. This analogy is the most accurate way to explain how one can recall and remember so many memories that have accumulated over one's lifetime. source:psychology in action-6th edition