PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Implicit Memory, Cerebral Cortex, Semantic Memory
8 Dec 2015
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The information-processing model of memory has its roots back in early computer science (atkinson & shiffrin, 1968) and was intended to chart the ways that, like computers, humans process information from their senses into memory. Automatic processing (encoding of information with little conscious awareness or effort) and effortful processing (encoding information through careful attention and conscious effort) are both variations on our ability to process information. There are key differences between these two kinds of processing. In contrast, automatic processing is disrupted only slightly by the performance of other tasks (think about drinking a cup of coffee while talking on the phone in a meaningful conversation). Therefore, increasing the amount of attention focused upon a particular task requiring effortful processing tends to result in better performance. Information passes into long-term memory best when our rehearsal sessions are spread out over a period of time rather than attempting to take in a great deal of information all at once.
