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What is being stored in memory? What I am? I play a central role in all cognitive processes. I am a crucial part of behavior of both animals and people. I am needed to recognize potential mates predators and to survive. Without me life would de impossible? Have you decoded the riddle? If you have not, I am memory. Memory is a very broad topic in the area of cognitive psychology (including such topics; Nature of Memory, Theories of Memory, Organization of Memory, Forgetting, practical applications of memory) The essay is concerned with answering the question,’ What is being stored in memory.’ The question will be tackled from a human perceptive, therefor we are examining what is being stored in human brain. (But it is important to recognize that most species have some form of memory, for example animals need to be able to identify suitable prey, predators, and potential mates. Let’s not forget information technology (I.T), but these are topics of there own. Exactly what is stored in the human brain is not precisely known, research in this area is inconclusive. However research suggests that ‘something’ is stored in the human brain or we would be servants of the moment. There would be no language, art, scie