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The processes involved in memory include encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.

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Cambridge IGCSE PsychologyMemory and forgetting

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The processes involved in memory include encoding, storage, and retrieval of information

This point belongs to Memory, information processing:, especially Memory, information processing: outcomes.
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