Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Long-Term Memory, Alan Baddeley, Working Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

Document Summary

Several brain and cognitive systems allow for temporary storage for information. Different input of information: working memory holds information from perception, central executive co-ordinates the systems. Information retrieved from permanent memory: evidence for different modalities, brooks letter and sentence task, dual tasks. Two interference tasks (verbal, visual: when people had to respond in verbal way when using verbal task, there was more interference. Where you store info in visual system. Corresponds to area of long-term memory that stores visual semantic memory (how something works) Process it in order to get it into visual semantic memory. Episodic memory: memory from personal events of past and future crossing memory. Storing info that is phonological in nature (word info an sound info) Holds acoustic or speech information for about 2 seconds. Described as inner speech (thinking to yourself) May be crucial for acquiring language: word length effect. Pen, day, hot, cow, tub vs university, tuberculosis, opportunity, hippopotamus, refrigerator.