Sensory memory refers to very short-term memories about perceptions of the world through the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. A fraction of the information captured in ...

Psychologists who study memory have subdivided it into several memory types. First, there is sensory memory, or memory for information coming into the brain via a sensory system.

A local nonprofit, The Autism Council of Utah which supports autism awareness, raised donations to fund over 2000 sensory bags for law enforcement. These resources were greatly appreciated and ...

More information: Indre Pileckyte et al, Sensory stimulation enhances visual working memory capacity, Communications Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00158-6.

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view. They argue that changes in sensory perception – from vision to ...