Miguel is trying to have a dinner party, but from the smell coming from his kitchen it is evident he burned whatever he was cooking. What is the order of the processes the burnt smell will go through to become a long-term memory for Miguel?

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The correct order for a memory to become long-term is encoding (initially processing the information), consolidation (the process of stabilizing a memory trace after the initial acquisition), storage (maintaining the information over time), and retrieval (accessing the information when needed).

Miguel Is Trying to Have a Dinner Party, but from the Smell