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BookmarkMemory is the ability of the brain to store, retain, and subsequently recall information.
Although traditional studies of memory began in the realms of philosophy, the late nineteenth and early twentieth century put memory within the paradigms of cognitive psychology.
In the recent decades, it has become one of the principal pillars of a new branch of science that represents a marriage between cognitive psychology and neuroscience, called cognitive neuroscience..
For more information about the topic Memory, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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