Some psychologists proposed that it was useful to think about memory as being composed of three systems: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Each system could then be characterized by type of memory representation, by its storage capacity, and by its duration. Further, psychologists hypothesized factors that were critical for helping "move" information from system to system. This conceptualization of memory is best described as a:

Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory

Explanation:

As we saw in the question above, our memory is composed of systems called sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. The information we keep in these systems can be transported between the three systems, at least some scientists believe. These scientists are conceptualizing this transfer of information through the memory model known as the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory.

The Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model states that memories remain stored in a type of "buffer" for a certain period of time. In relation to this, when new information arrives in our memory, it is first stored in short-term memory, when short-term memory is saturated with information, it begins to delete the oldest information, some of this information can be transferred to long-term memory that will also store them for a limited period of time. The same occurs with the sensory memory.

In a nutshell, the Atkinson-Shiffrin memory model states that information stored in memory can be transferred between one system and another.

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