Everything about Memory
Faculty of mind to store and retrieve data
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, it would be impossible for language, relationships, or personal identity to develop. Memory loss is usually described as forgetfulness or a disorder such as amnesia. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MemoryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: GTDB-Tk v2: memory friendly classification with the genome taxonomy databaseInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: SolarisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Long Short-Term MemoryCited 90,665 times
- Go sideways: Memory consolidationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Explicit memoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
Noun A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
Noun The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
Noun The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Long Short-Term Memory
HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
A synaptic model of memory: long-term potentiation in the hippocampus
On the limited memory BFGS method for large scale optimization
Levels of processing: A framework for memory research
EEG alpha and theta oscillations reflect cognitive and memory performance: a review and analysis
DNA methylation patterns and epigenetic memory
🆕 Influential since 2022
GTDB-Tk v2: memory friendly classification with the genome taxonomy database
A compute-in-memory chip based on resistive random-access memory
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination induces immunological T cell memory able to cross-recognize variants from Alpha to Omicron
A crossbar array of magnetoresistive memory devices for in-memory computing
A comparative analysis of K-Nearest Neighbor, Genetic, Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, and Long Short Term Memory algorithms in machine learning
📚 Books worth reading
SolarisStanisław Lem · 1961
The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman · 2013
The Currents of SpaceIsaac Asimov · 1952
The world of psychologySamuel E. Wood, Ellen Green Wood · 1992
A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara · 2008
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV. E. Schwab · 2015
Memory ManDavid Baldacci · 2015
The Mind Map BookTony Buzan, Barry Buzan · 1993
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🔗 Related topics
- Memory consolidation Memory consolidation is a process in the brain that stabilizes newly learned information, allowing the memory to be stored long-term. A memory trace is…
- Explicit memory Explicit memory (or declarative memory) is one of the two main types of long-term human memory, the other of which is implicit memory. Explicit memory…
- Long-term memory Long-term memory (LTM) is the stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model in which informative knowledge is held indefinitely. It is defined in contrast…
- Neuroanatomy of memory The neuroanatomy of memory encompasses a wide variety of anatomical structures in the brain. The hippocampus is a structure in the brain that has been…
- Memory improvement Memory improvement is the act of enhancing one's memory. Factors motivating research on improving memory include conditions such as amnesia, age-related…
- Effects of stress on memory The effects of stress on memory include interference with a person's capacity to encode memory and the ability to retrieve information. Stimuli, like stress…
- Episodic memory Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be…
- Retrograde amnesia In neurology, retrograde amnesia (RA) is the inability to access memories or information from before an injury or disease occurred. RA differs from a similar…