PSYC10003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: George Sperling, Forgetting Curve, Endel Tulving
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Psyc10003 mbb2 notes // visual sensory memory and short term memory. Sensory memory: a temporary representation of input through sensory channels: acts as a buffer between early sensory processes abnd later cognitive processes, not all information in sensory memory will be retained. Iconic memory (visual) and echoic (auditory) memory: brief duration (decays quickly, large capacity (relative to short term memory. Short-term memory (stm): limited capacity (estimated to 3-7 items, variable duration (seconds to minutes, dependent on rehearsal. Psyc10003 mbb2 notes // visual sensory memory and short term memory: retroactive interference: new information has affected the retrieval of previous information, proactive interference: old information has affected the retrieval of new information. Transferral of information from stm to ltm: rehearsal in stm was considered critical for the transfer of information to ltm. Suggests that stm and ltm are separate memory stores, connected by the rehearsal of information: emphasis on the verbal coding/rehearsal in memory.
