Long-term memory

Long-term memory has an unlimited capacity and can hold information for a long time. Once information is encoded into the short-term memory, it can be transferred to the long-term memory to be stored.

Transferring information from short-term memory to long-term memory can be enhanced by rehearsal, organisation, and elaboration.

Method	How it works
Rehearsal	Going over information repeatedly
Organisation	Putting the information that is to be transferred into logical categories which makes it easier to transfer to LTM
Elaboration	Addition of further information or meaning which results in the information being more meaningful and interesting to easier to transfer to LTM

Method	Rehearsal
How it works	Going over information repeatedly

Method	Organisation
How it works	Putting the information that is to be transferred into logical categories which makes it easier to transfer to LTM

Method	Elaboration
How it works	Addition of further information or meaning which results in the information being more meaningful and interesting to easier to transfer to LTM

Information can be retrieved from the long-term memory. When information is encoded we may use contextual cues to make the memory more powerful which makes it easier to recall later in life. These can by means such organising information into lists or categories to make more sense of it, or recalling additional related memories to make the information more memorable and easier to retrieve.

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