Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Prefrontal Cortex, Sensory Memory, Sketchpad

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Encoding: getting information into the system by translating it into a neutral code that your brain processes. Retrieval: to pull information out of storage when we want to use it. Proposes that memory has three major components: sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory. Holds incoming sensory information just long enough for it to be recognized. Composed of different sub-systems called sensory registers: which are the initial information processors. Iconic store visual sensory register: time course is very short, almost impossible to retain information only visually, echoic store auditory sensory register, lasts longer than iconic store. Attention capabilities are limited so most memory fades away. Through selective attention, small portion enters the short term memory. Memory codes (memory formation) forming mental image (visual), coding by sound. In stm, everything ends up as auditory code eventually so things that sound the same are the most interfering. Forgetting (also applies in ltm: decay - material gets old, fades away over time.