01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Memory Span, Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: ESTELLE MAYHEW

Document Summary

The nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge. Encoding : the processing of information so that it can be stored. Storage : the retention of encoded representations over time. Consolidation : the neural process by which encoded information becomes stored in memory. Retrieval : the act of recalling or remembering stored information when it is needed. Reconsolidation : neural processes involved when memories are recalled and then stored again for retrieval. Sensory memory : a memory system that very briefly stores sensory information in close to its original sensory form. Short-term memory a memory storage system that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness. Long-term memory an active processing system that keeps different types of information available for current use. Sperling : sensory memory persists for about one-third of a second and then progressively fades. Working memory : an active processing system that keeps different types of information available for current use.