FYSM 1607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sensory Memory, Working Memory, Sketchpad

• School: Carleton University
• Department: First-Year Seminars
• Course: FYSM 1607
• Professor: Mark Mac Leod

Document Summary

Structural component of the system where incoming information is held only brie y before being passed forward or lost. Temporary holding space for information that is currently the focus of your attention; static. Limited capacity (7+/- 2 information we can hold) Chunking possible (strategy to remember more - chunking information down) Working memory: dynamic, simultaneous storage and processing of information. Memorizing series of numbers, writing them down reverse. Long term memory: memory for information that long term. Accessible even after a long period of time. Semantic - facts that we can say in sentences. Episodic - things that have happened to us (more visual/auditory - events) How to do stu (eg. riding a bike, skating, muscle memory etc. ) Stimulus information > sensory memory > working memory > long-term memory. Good starting point, short on details, memory subtypes, processing steps. How the three interact with each other (diagram on slides p. 4) Separates implicit (unconscious) and explicit (conscious) memory stores.