Multi-Tasking and Memory
Multi-Tasking and it’s Impact on Memory
With the growing concern of Alzheimer’s disease in America, it is understandable that American citizens are concerned about their strength in memory. Factors such as age, multi-tasking, and distraction can affect one’s memory and how it works. Although people should not worry about minor relapses, it is important to pay attention to the significant signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s and your memory. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that begins in the hippocampus, which is responsible for short term memory.
Below are different types of memory:
• Working Memory – this type of memory is often referred to things that you can hold in your short term memory for later retrieval. Working memory is located in the frontal lobe of the human brain. An example of working memory is memorizing a phone number.
• Short-Term Memory – Short term memory is thought to be located in the hippocampus, and is often associated with the first symptom of Alzheimer’s. These memories are things that people remember for a couple minutes up to a few weeks. For example, your hotel room number or a character’s name in a novel.
• Long Term Memory – Long term memory are things that you can recall and retrieve for the longest period of time. Things like your birth date or your favourite grade school teacher are examples of long term memory. The location of the brain that long term memory is stored in is unknown.
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