Psychology 2135A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Auditory Cortex, Memory Consolidation, Prospective Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Vast library of more durable, stored memories. Rehearsal is part of encoding (stm ltm: elaborative rehearsal is much better for ltm transfer. Unlimited capacity, unlimited duration: these characteristics differentiate it from stm. Ltm is definitely different from stm: serial position effect, different types of ltm. Rehearsing info in stm or wm is part of the process of encoding that info into ltm. Serial position curve can differentiate stm from ltm with this. Items learned near the beginning and end of a long list are remembered better than items in the middle: middle seems to be hardest. Primacy effect: memory for words at the beginning: related to ltm, always happens, due to rehearsal (ltm) Recency: increased memory for words at the end: stm, only if tested immediately, if we prevent rehearsal during a delay effect disseaprs. When learning a long list of items, those that were near the beginning and near the end are remembered better than those in the middle.