The Memory for Information and Instructions cognitive function is responsible for retaining or remembering chunks or units of unrelated information such as instructions or facts.
Think of the thousands of moments a day – in the classroom or the workplace or in a social interaction – when we receive a detail, direction, name, request, note. Imagine a sticky note of this item. Whether it’s a moment later, months later, or even years later – the sticky note is there to hold the information.
Our brain’s own sticky notepad holds information and instructions for 30 seconds or 30 years. It may be a shopping list of four items, a password, a taxonomy of ideas, or an important anniversary date. It may be a simple reminder or a deeply inspirational quote. Whatever it is, our brain’s sticky note function keeps you on top of it.
