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This doesn’t necessarily translate to legit memory lapses, but it can make you feel more forgetful, spacey, or mentally cluttered because your brain is preoccupied or overloaded.

Learn more about the different types of memory mechanisms your brain uses and which is the most important.

Memory types include sensory (brief perception storage), short-term (temporary holding of info), and long-term, which splits into explicit (conscious) and implicit (unconscious).

Implicit memory is unconscious and automatic (skills, tasks), while explicit memory involves conscious recall of facts and events (names, dates).