PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: George Sperling, Iconic Memory, Clive Wearing
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Memory is not a singular noun: we have multiple memory systems, clive wearing has no memory. Recognizes people and how to play and learn music but lot of conscious information he. Experiences things over and over again cannot recollect. The brain has a number of different memory systems which sometimes do their own things and sometimes interact. The chart to the left shows the systems i will be highlighti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:373)y le(cid:272)tures these are the pri(cid:373)ary systems. O (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e lots to talk a(cid:271)out! Iconic memory- partial report condition: ni(cid:374)e ite(cid:373)s (cid:449)ill agai(cid:374) (cid:271)e prese(cid:374)ted (cid:271)ut this ti(cid:373)e they (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e follo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)y arrows pointing to o(cid:374)e ro(cid:449) just report the ite(cid:373)s i(cid:374) that ro(cid:449, 2/3 correct in a row. George sperling: memory fades away, technique is used to study memory, a(cid:271)le to re(cid:448)isit thi(cid:374)gs that (cid:449)e (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t see (cid:271)efore, you often look at something but not paying attention.
