Information Storage

According to Dix et al., human information storage can be differentiated into:³⁷

• sensory memory, buffering input received through the senses,
• short-term memory, providing temporary recall of information, for example when multiplying in the head, and
• long-term memory, where, according to Dix et al., factual information, experiental knowledge, procedural rules of behaviour, in fact, everything that we 'know' is stored (28)

As pointed out in the previous section, information is filtered, which happens when information is passed from the sensory memory to the short-term memory; if information is not passed to short-term memory, it is lost (26). Short-term memory has a limited capacity, but can be accessed very quickly (26-27). In contrast to this, long-term memory is rather slow. In order to be able to store and remember information in long-term memory, given information has to be practised (28-30). Furthermore, it is of great help if given information is meaningful (32-33).