PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Memory Rehearsal, Frontal Lobe, Mnemonic
4 Dec 2011
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Cognitive psychology chapter 5 the acquisition of working memories and the. Acquisition: the process of placing new information into long-term memory. Storage: the state in which a memory, once acquired, remains dormant until it is retrieved. Retrieval: the process of locating information in the memory and activation that information for use. Recency effect: the tendency to remember materials that occur late in a series. Memory rehearsal: any mental activity that has an effect of maintaining information in working memory. Memory can hold 7 items plus or minus two. Visuospatial buffer: one of the low-level assistants used as part of the working memory system plays an important role in storing visual or spatial representations, including visual images. Articulatory rehearsal loop: one of the low-level assistants hypothesized as part of the working memory system this loop draws on subvocalized (overt) speech, which serves to create a record in the phonological buffer.
