memory encoding
nounUK /ˈmɛməri ɪnˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /ˈmɛməri ɪnˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Memory encoding is how your brain saves new information so you can remember it later.
Studying with pictures helps memory encoding, so you remember the words better.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of changing information into a form the brain can store.
Turning a phone number into a little song is a kind of memory encoding.
3. In computing, the way data is changed into a format a computer can keep.
The program uses memory encoding to save the game's progress.
4. The first step in making a memory, before storing and recalling it.
Without good memory encoding, the story is forgotten by morning.