Information processing can be represented by a model. This captures the main elements of the process, from receipt of information via the senses, to outputs such as decision-making and actions. Physical stimuli are received via the sensory receptors and stored for a very brief period of time in sensory memory. This enables us to remember a sentence as a sentence, rather than merely as an unconnected string of isolated words; or a film as a film, rather than as a series of disjointed images.