PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Iconic Memory, Nmda Receptor, Echoic Memory
15 Sep 2016
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Test your memory with the digit span test. Process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory. Process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures. Much easier with concrete terms than abstract ones. Occipital lobe critical for this type of encoding. Process of categorizing information by noticing relationships among a series of items. Process of maintaining information in memory over time. Sensory storage: the place in which sensory information is kept for a few seconds or less: iconic memory (<1 sec. , echoic memory ( 5 sec. ) Short-term memory store: place where non-sensory information is kept for more than a few seconds but less than a minute. Rehearsal: process of keeping information in short-term memory by repeating it. Chunking: combining small pieces of information in short-term storage. Short-term memory is sometimes referred to as working memory. Information can be stored here for hours, days, weeks, or years.
