Memory – How We Remember and Forget

Mind Matters: Exploring Human Psychology · Oct 6, 2025 · 4m

This episode explores the fascinating psychology of memory, showing that it is not a perfect recording system but a dynamic, reconstructive process. It introduces the three main stages—sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory—and explains the differences between explicit memories (facts and experiences we can recall consciously) and implicit memories (skills and learned behaviors we use without awareness).

The episode examines how memories are encoded, stored, and retrieved, while also exploring why we forget through decay, interference, and retrieval failure. It highlights how…