The brain is the center of the nervous system and has responsibilities such as different types of memory and much more. Memory is the cognitive processes in which an experience is remembered. A cognitive process is the process of thinking. Memory is the manipulations in the connections in the brain in the hippocampus, which is essential for learning and the cortex, which is responsible for finding memories when you want them. The hippocampus also converts short-term memory into long-term memory. There are many types of memory such as skill memory, fact memory, semantic memory, retrospective memory, prospective memory, short-term memory, visual short-term memory and long-term memory. The researcher’s study has to do with short-term memory.

Sometimes, short-term memory is referred to as primary or active memory...

A definition of short-term memory is a type of memory that holds a limited amount of information for a limited amount of time. Short-term memory does not last for very long. It lasts for twenty to thirty seconds. Short-term memory lasts just long enough, for example, to look up a phone number and dial it. In some cases, this can turn into long-term memory because I have completely memorized my friend's phone number starting with short-term memory and being turned into long-term memory by the hippocampus. The hippocampus converts short-term memory to long-term memory.

The limbic system is the part of the brain that deals with emotions, heart rate, and digestion. This system has to do with my variables because meditation is the controlling of emotions, sugar has to do with digestion, and exercise has to do with heart rate. Continued...