PSY 265 Lecture 13: Psy 265 Lecture 13
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How we think about memory is often dictated by the current culture and state of technology: plato. Memory is like an aviary or wax tablet: renaissance. Memory is like a cabinet, or a cave, or a body in need of exercise: 1950s. Memory is like a telephone system: 1970s. Memory is like a computer: now. Memory is often understood in terms of stages: encoding. The process of translating information into memories: storage. The process of maintaining information for later retrieval: retrieval. The process of calling to mind stored information: forgetting. The process by which memories became inaccessible. Memory can be divided any number of ways. Unattended information preserved by activation of sensory systems: short term memory (stm) Attended information remembered for short periods 20 to 30 seconds: working memory (wm) Attended information held in consciousness and manipulated: long term memory (ltm) Memory that is stored over long periods and can be retrieved.
