Question

What are memories? How does it work?

Answer 1

There are three majior process involved in memory: encoding ,storage, and retrieval. In order to retrieve new memories info must be changed into a usable source known as encoding once info is sucessfully encoded it is stored in the memory.

Answer 2

Memory is the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.

How does it work:
The synapses appear as bright spots along dendrites (the branches of a neuron that transmit electrochemical signals). As the brain processes new information, those bright spots change, visually indicating how synaptic structures in the brain have been altered by the new data.