Applying psychology in the 21st century

There is a possibility that drugs can efect and even improve our memory. It is cosmetic neurology - the use of drugs to improve our mental functioning. There are several types of memory enharicing drugs: certain drugs (cholinesterase inhibitors) increase the ability of neurons to communicate with one another (each others); horizon - alows neurons to be more responsive to incoming messages; drugs that would inhibit certain memories. Nowadays, reserchers are optimistic about memory improving drugs.

The foundations of memory

Memory decompounds of three remembering stages: encoding, the initial process of recording information, storage, information saved for future use and retrieval, recovery of stored information. According to the three-system approuch to memory, there are several different memory storage systems, through which information must travel in order to be rememberd. The first one is sensory memory, which storage information that last only an instant. The second is short-term memory, which holds indormation for fifteen to twenty-five seconds. And the third is long-term memory, which stored information to infinite term of time.