What Are the Different Types of Memory Exercises?

Individuals show more stable tendencies in memory activities. It is different from memory quality and does not reflect the level of memory. It mainly indicates differences in memory content, structure, and method. People at the same memory level may have different types.

The common tendency characteristic in some people's memory activities is called memory type. It differs from memory quality in that it does not reflect the level of memory, but rather explains differences in memory content and structure. People at the same memory level may have different memory types and vice versa. ^[1]

Memory can be categorized from different dimensions.

(1) According to the memory content, it can be divided into action memory, image memory, word logical memory and emotional memory;

(2) According to the memory coding method and storage time, it can be divided into instant (sensation) memory, short-term memory and long-term memory (scenario memory and semantic memory);

(3) According to different conscious states of memory, it can be divided into implicit memory and explicit memory;

(4) According to the degree of the analyzer's participation in memory, it can be divided into visual type, auditory type, kinesthetic type and mixed type. Although memory types are related to human innate qualities, they are mainly determined by human practical activities, education and training, and human efforts.

Researchers categorize memory based on some aspect of memory or different research starting points. According to memory content, it can be divided into image memory, word-logical memory, emotional memory, and motor memory. According to the memory structure, it can be divided into instant memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. According to the degree of consciousness in memory, it can be divided into implicit memory and explicit memory. According to the perceptual channels used in the memory process, they can be divided into auditory memory, visual memory, motor memory and mixed memory. According to the occurrence of memory content, it can be divided into retrospective memory and prospective memory.

It is a difference in the type of memory between people. If the image memory of the person is dominant, the effect of recognizing various materials with the specific image of things is more significant.

The image memory of painters, composers, architects, etc. is often very developed; some people have a logical memory advantage, and they are good at using the signs of words (concepts, mathematical formulas, theorems, etc.) to remember various materials; some people are emotional Memory predominates. For example, actors often have a deeper emotional memory of experience. Some people have predominantly motor memory. For example, gymnasts often remember the movements they practiced very accurately and firmly.

From the perspective of information processing:

1. Sensory memory, although the information held is very short, but it provides more time and possibility for further processing in addition to the direct effects of stimulation, so this process is of great significance to the perceptual activity itself and other advanced cognitive activities ;

2. Short-term memory. The retention time of information is one minute, which is an intermediate or transitional link of information from sensory memory to long-term memory;

3. Long-term memory is relative to sensory memory and short-term memory. Generally, information is stored for more than one minute, and it can maintain long-term memory. ^[2]