PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Perirhinal Cortex, Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory
12 Apr 2020
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Chapter 6 the acquisition of memories and the working-memory system. When information first arrives, it is stored briefly in sensory memory. Sensory memory: holds on to the input in raw sensory form an iconic memory for visual inputs and echoic memory for auditory inputs. Short-term memory (working-memory): where you hold information while you"re working on it. Some of the information is then transferred into long-term memory, a much larger and more permanent storage place. Retrieval from long-term memory specifically activates the hippocampus. Free-recall procedure: participants are free to report the words back in any order that they choose. Very likely the remember the first few words on the list (primacy effect), and the last few words on the list (recency effect) Retrieval from working-memory specifically activate the perirhinal cortex. Use it whenever you have multiple ideas in your mind, multiple elements that you"re trying to combine or compare.
