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Memories can be good and bad; memories can make us and cry, memories and feel good and hurt. Memories are something that we deal with a day to day basis. We can call them up so quickly, and hide them immediately. Memories are something every living thing has. From where to go, to when you do something. In particular, human memory is the loaded with things to remember. But how do we store them? It makes you wonder, how our memory system works. What is a memory? According to Merriam-Webster, it is a particular act of recall or recollection. Multiple parts of the brain deal with memories, but one part in particular deals with it the most. The Limbic system in the Hippocampus deals with memories the most. There are two different memories, one is explicit, which is memories bought forward by your conscious. An example is remembering your parent’s birthday. Second are implicit memories. These are memories that you can’t forgot and come back automatically. An example is remembering how to drive. But how are they stored, and recalled? First is encoding, this is done that your brain knows what kind of memory it is and how it is recalled. This is done so that when it is stored you know what the information means to you. Second step is storage. This is when the brain stores it. With the memory now encoded, the rain will put it in the right place. After storage, you have retroviral. Retrieval is when the memory is brought to a conscious. This is able to happen due to the encoding process. While these steps seem easy, they can limit information. If you see too much too quick, you can get things mixed up. An example of this is trying to remember a robbery and trying to remember with the person look like. Seeing a lot will make you remember what the person look like, but seeing a little might make you remember someone else who you saw that day. While things like colors and texture will help the memory, it can also cause you to lose some details