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Memory is the ability to relate to new situations from a past experience. |
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Now that we have our dogs learning during our sessions, the next step would be to understand memory theory. Memory deals with how the information is stored in the brain. Memory is the ability to relate to new situations from a past experience. The process in memory consists of first encoding the information from an experience, which consists of analyzing, processing, then digesting the new information. Then the student stores the information in the brain and, depending on the level of importance, will be placed in an area of the brain ready for recall. Recall is the third phase in the memory process. The ability to retrieve the information will be primarily based on how the information was learned. The reaction of the student will be based on past experience, whatever information is found and compared to the present situation, then the decision of how to respond is |
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influenced by the past. After analyzing and processing the information, depending on the level of impression of the last experience, the information will be stored in different levels of memory. Science has termed the levels of memory in the following ways. First is the very short-term memory or VSTM. The VSTM acts like a receptionist for the brain; it takes all the information from the outside world and decides on its level of importance. This is why it is important to reduce the level of distractions during training, because the outside distractions all effect what is learned. The second level is the short-term memory or STM. This is the level where it takes information from the receptionist and decides where and how the experience will be stored for later retrieval. The knowledge learned is processed, then put in proper perspective. The third level is the |
