PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iconic Memory, Sensory Memory, Memory Span

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Chris Motz

Document Summary

Physiological studying the changes that occur within the brain when new information is. Cognitive studying the nature and function of information processing how memory works: the cognitive process of memory is split into three separate (cid:498)stages(cid:499): encoding, storage, )n order to (cid:498)remember,(cid:499) one must first have been exposed to the stimulus or event and: encoding is the active process of turning stimulus information (environmental therefore must have learned. Memory: encoding and retrieval. the present. information) into a form (a code) that can be stored in our memory system. Memory: storage: storage refers to the information being held for later use, the (coded) information is held in our memory system, this can include short-term and long-term storage. Or, do we initially see all of the letters, but this iconic memory fades before we can apply a name to each letter: sperling followed up with another test to determine which of the above is true.