PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Working Memory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Michele Moscicki

Document Summary

Encoding: process of transforming experience into memory. Storage: process of maintaining memory over time. Retrieval: process of bringing to mind encoded and stored information. Elaborative encoding: process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory. Visual imagery encoding: process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures. Method of loci: relate incoming knowledge to knowledge already in memory. Sensory: holds sensory information for a few seconds or less. Lingering trace stored in memory for a very short period. Iconic memory: fast-decaying (1 second) store of visual information. Echoic memory: fast-decaying (5 seconds) store of auditory information. Short term: holds information for more than a few seconds but less than a minute. Working memory: active maintenance of information in short-term storage. Rehearsal: process of keeping information in short-term memory by mentally repeating it. Each repeat re-enters the information in stm. Long term: holds information for hours, days, weeks, or years.