How does your brain know whether to keep something as short term or long term memory?

Question

How does your brain know whether to keep something as short term or long term memory?

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Answer 1

The latest evidence shows the brain creates both short and long term memories simultaneously.

As for ‘knows’, it can be manipulated by will if you repeat the information enough times using active learning(space repetition). The first work of this was called [the forgetting curve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve)

Answer 2

I think every memory is a short term memory until you remember it often then it converts to the long term memory

Answer 3

I sure wish I could control it because there are things I wish I didn’t remember and I’m sure I forgot a lot of good things.