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Describe the brain decoding process.

Describe the brain decoding process.

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Kavungya
To remember an event requires not only getting it in (encoding) and retaining it (storage), but also getting it out. Retrieval is aided by cues associated with the event, including those in the context where we encoded it.
The semantic network theory of memory agrees with William James’s statement that retrieval of memories from long-term memory begins by searching a particular region or memory and then tracing the association among nodes (memories) in this region, rather than by haphazardly searching information stored in long-term memory
Retrieval Cues
To be remembered, information that is “in there” must be retrieved, with the aid of association (cues) that prime the memory. Cues sometimes comes from returning to the original context, for
Kavungya answered the question on May 8, 2019 at 09:43

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