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- | {{Template}}In [[psychology]], '''memory''' is an organism's ability to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. Traditional studies of memory began in the realms of [[philosophy]], including techniques of [[mnemonics|artificially enhancing the memory]]. The late nineteenth and early twentieth century put memory within the [[paradigm]]s of [[cognitive psychology]]. In recent decades, it has become one of the principal pillars of a new branch of science called [[cognitive neuroscience]], a marriage between cognitive psychology and [[neuroscience]]. | + | [[Image:Theatre from Ars Memoriae by Robert Fludd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Ars Memoriae]]'': The [[Theatre]] ([[1619]]) - [[Robert Fludd]]]]{{Template}}In [[psychology]], '''memory''' is an organism's ability to store, retain, and subsequently recall information. Traditional studies of memory began in the realms of [[philosophy]], including techniques of [[mnemonics|artificially enhancing the memory]]. The late nineteenth and early twentieth century put memory within the [[paradigm]]s of [[cognitive psychology]]. In recent decades, it has become one of the principal pillars of a new branch of science called [[cognitive neuroscience]], a marriage between cognitive psychology and [[neuroscience]]. |
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*[[The Persistence of Memory]] | *[[The Persistence of Memory]] | ||
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