"" SHORT TERM & LONG TERM MEMORY ""

 

The transfer of items from short-term to long-term memory is called consolidation. In fact, theories on consolidation are supported by concussion studies. The claim is concussions completely knock out the working memory as well as the consolidation process, which is critical because if something interrupts this process you will have a very poor memory of what happened prior.

 This was shown through a study completed by a graduate student. In the study the student would sit in on football practices and if someone got tackled really hard or hit in the head the student would up to the player and ask them to recall the previous plays the team had been practicing.

 The results found that most players will remember most of the plays, but not the one immediately before they got hit, thus the hard hit affected the consolidation process.