Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation. The original is here. Memory is difficult to define without being circular. People often define memory as “something you can remember.” ...

Sensory memories are stored for a few seconds at most. They come from the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, and taste. They are stored only for as long as the sense is being stimulated. They ...

Many people boast that they have a "photographic memory." Some people do seem to have had astounding memories, for example, Arturo Toscanini, who conducted operas from memory after his eyesight became ...