Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cerebellum, Spreading Activation, Thalamus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas

Document Summary

Memory the processes that allow us to record &later retrieve experiences &information. Encoding getting information into the system by translating it into a neural code that your brain processes. Retrieval the way that we pull information out of storage when we want to use it. Sensory memory holds incoming sensory information just long enough for it to be recognized. Some info reaches working memory &long-term memory where it"s mentally represented by phonological, visual, semantic or motor codes. Short-term memory holds the information that we are conscious of at any given time. Working memory a more current name for short-term memory, reflecting the fact that it consciously processes, codes &works on information: actively processes info &supports other cognitive functions, has auditory, visuospatial, and executive (coordinating components. Memory codes visual, phonological, semantic, or motor encoding that stores information so it can be retained in short-term and long-term memory. Chunking combining individual items into larger units of meaning.