PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Working Memory, Sensory Memory

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 101
• Professor: racheldelacy

Document Summary

Memory- the nervous systems capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge. We have multiple memory systems and each memory system has its own rules . Information processing theory: sensory input, encoding: entering the information in neural code, storage: info is stored in the brain, retrieval: info is retrieved when needed. Encoding: processing of info so it can be stored. Consolidation: neural process by which encoded information becomes stored in memory. Retrieval: act of recalling stored information when needed. Reconsolidation: neural processes involved when memories are recalled and then stored again for retrieval.