Quote Originally Posted by clevelandslim View Post
Encoding allows the perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain[citation needed] and recalled later from short term or long term memory. Working memory stores information for immediate use or manipulation which is aided through hooking onto previously archived items already present in the long-term memory of an individual.
Why not just link them to the whole article?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encoding_%28memory%2*