(I) Material that makes its way from short-term memory
to long-term memory enters a storehouse of almost
unlimited capacity. (II) Like a new file we save on a hard
drive, the information in the long-term memory is filled
and coded so that we can retrieve it when we need it.
(III) Repeating a word several times, for example, is a
popular strategy to keep information in short-term
memory. (IV) Evidence of the existence of long-term
memory comes from a number of sources. (V) For
example, people with certain kinds of brain damage
have no lasting recall of new information after the
damage, although people and events stored in memory
before the injury remain intact