PSY 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Prefrontal Cortex, Executive Functions, Iconic Memory
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Process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas and skills after the original information is no longer present. Active any time some past experience has an effect on the way you think or behave now or in the future. Modal model of memory - model proposed by atkinson and shiffrin that describes memory as a mechanism that involves processing information through a series of stages, including short-term memory and long-term memory. Sensory memory - initial stage that holds all incoming information for seconds or fractions of a second. Short-term memory (stm) - holds five to seven times for about 15 or 20 seconds. Long-term memory (ltm) - can hold a large amount of information for years or even decades. Structural features - types of memory indicated by boxes in models of memory; sensory memory, stm, and.
