PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eyewitness Identification, List Of Memory Biases, Clive Wearing
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General take-away: we remember bits of what happened and we fill in gaps that resemble what we remember. The information is stored in sensory registers. When we are conscious of the stimulus or information, it transfers into short term memory, but short term memory is limited to 7 spaces and contains what is in your mind at a specific moment. After being encoded into long term memory, can be retrieved back into short term memory. Encoding- transfer of information from short term to long term store. Long term memory has no limit, can keep learning and absorbing information. Encodes by cues- pieces of info that allow us to track the memory and its information and find it later. The more cues, the better the encoding retrieval. Neural networks- spreads of many related ideas represented by associated nodes. If enough nodes prime and partially activate another one, it will stick in memory, even if it wasn"t in original presentation.
