PSYC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hemoglobin, Phineas Gage, Artificial Neural Network
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Three basic processes needed for any successful act of remembering: > transform sensory stimuli into a form that can be placed in memory. General research strategy for the (cid:494)verbal learning(cid:495) approach to memory. Where memory is objectively measures (e. g. verbal recall or recognition) X is any objectively manipulated stimulus or environmental variable. Memory structure three different stores information from the senses. Sensory register: storage system that registers (and briefly holds) Short term memory (stm): intermediate storage system that briefly holds information prior to consolidation. > storage capacity = 7 2 digits recalled on digit span task. > depends on your grouping (e. g. chunking together 4 successive digits) (cid:498)chunking:(cid:499) units of subjective (cid:523)what works well for you(cid:524) > e. g. phone numbers, student numbers, credit cards information. Long term memory (ltm): storage system that retains information for a long period of time. Physiological methods (figuring out how the brain works): Eeg/erp (electrical activity humans) fmri (blood flow)
