4310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sensory Memory, Echoic Memory, Decay Theory

• School: University of Canberra
• Department: University of Canberra
• Course: 4310
• Professor: Dr. Caroline Ng Tseung-Wong

Document Summary

Memory: structure of the information processing system learning is information processing (parallel how computer and our mind work) sensory register store info in its original form -> very fleeting, small period of time. When information represented in 1 form -> able to come back to our mind. Memory has basis structures (3 key processes memory): acquire/ encode (how do we acquired or encoded information, store in the brain (how do we store it, retrieve (how do we retrieve it) Along with this process, some info possibly forgotten: the atkinson and shiffrin model. Information from our sense enters thru the sensory registers (ex: sensory memory): echoic = sound, other sensory memories. Short-term memory (working memory): specific aspects of the stimulus are encoded and placed into short-term memory. Long-term memory (our library): in order to be permanently retained -> must be transfer to long-term memory. Sensory memory -> short-term (working memory) -> long-term memory: sensory registers.