The three stages a memory passes through on the way to storage are sensory memory, long-term memory and:

1. The stage model orders memory by how long information is held. 2. In order for a memory to go into storage, it has to pass through three distinct stages. 3. Those stages are sensory memory, short-term memory, and finally long-term memory. 4. Implicit and explicit describe kinds of long-term memory rather than stages. _Source: OpenStax Psychology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 8 'Memory', sections 8.1-8.4_