PSY100H1 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
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Who you are (identity) has a lot to do with what you remember. Learning how to use your memory is fundamental to understand how to be a happier person. What you pay attention to is important, you"ll remember that thing (hot person) then this lecture; you preserve some info into your biological system. Attention transfers memory from sensory memory short-term memory. Short-term memory need to rehearse to remember it. By encoding short term memory long-term memory. Short term memory gets encoded: ie. Writing a test info, who is your friend. Your ability to catch relevant information: you need to work for this to hold that memory. Iconic memory was demonstrated in sperling"s classic experiment (exposure=1/20 second) and lasts about 1/3 second. Echoic memory lasts about 2s sure i was listening, you said xxx . Iconic and echoic memory systems help us to experience the world as a continuous stream.
