Memory Retrieval

Likewise, the information stored in the LTM can carry the same risk if it is not utilized frequently, becoming weaker over the time provoking a failure of memory retrieval. Regardless of whether we have been able to encode and store our memories correctly, our brain may fail to retrieve it. One of the reasons why this happens is cue-dependent forgetting, which means that we do not have enough connectors or clues to help us identify information stored in our memory. Additionally, we have what is called state-dependent learning, where the only way to remember something that happened under the influence of one's physical state is to return to the same physical state. As an illustration, there are psychologists and psychiatrists that employ hypnosis when people cannot remember an event in their lives to bring them back to that emotional state of mind helping them to recapture what happened. Interference is another regular problem in information retribution and perhaps one of the major causes. What happens here is that the new data received interferes with the retrieval of the
First, to avoid poor coding is recommended the frequent employ of the elaborative processing. Equally important is, while we are receiving information or learning something, to take the time to internalize, analyze, and establish connections between the new and established knowledge to help us comprehend it better and to access it quickly later. Appropriate selection of information is another good strategy, keeping only the useful and relevant and discarding what does not bring great utility. Additionally, organizing the information into categories, as well as to plan small breaks in the middle of a long study session are of great advantages, that way our brain does not rapidly