Intelligence, Memory and Consciousness

I am trying to figure out how related are intelligence, memory, and consciousness. How much is one a function of the others?

Of course, I understand the generally accepted definition of each of those terms... or maybe not. Try this: if asked, how would you define memory? Easy? Ok, then: how would you define intelligence? consciousness? I am a coward: I am not going to try to define them myself! In fact, after a cursory research, I found that not everybody agrees on their definition. It's not surprising.

What I am mostly interested in, is how related they are. Is one a function of the other? Does intelligence increase with consciousness? Do we remember more things with more consciousness? I can observe my own memories, so I have a feel for what memories are... but is walking down memory lane a form of altered consciousness, a projection of one's consciousness to the past? If so, can we project our consciousness to the future?

I also have an idea of what consciousness is. I can observe in myself moments when I operate from a slightly higher level of consciousness. Actually, I equate consciousness to awareness. Maybe I am wrong to do so.

The one that puzzles me the most is intelligence. Somehow, I am not able to directly observe intelligence within myself! Don't laugh ;) ! Seriously: in the rare occasions my wife tells me how intelligence I am, I do not recognize the thing she is pointing at as intelligence but as something more crude, often something like self-interest.

Anyway, those are some starting thoughts on topics that regularly preoccupy what passes for my mind...

If I get some definite answers to the scores of questions above, I'll let you know ;)

Cross posted at Reuniting: Intelligence, Memory and Consciousness.