PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Long-Term Memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Nonsense Word
18 May 2017
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Memory: the fundamental cognitive mechanism that allows you to encode, store and re- trieve information. Metaphors: video camera, accurately preserves images and audio to be played back at a later time. Stored memory includes personal detail and interpretations: retrieved memory may be altered or lost, memory is subject to interpretation and reconstruction. Three questions about memory: acquisition and encoding: what will be stored in memory, retrieval: how can memories be returned to consciousness. Cues trigger memories and interact with encoding and retrieval mechanisms of memory. The memory-store model: memory is composed of short and long term storage systems. Incoming perceptual information is first stored in a short-term memory buffer. Information in short term memory is available for online tasks but not stored permanently. Important information encoded in short term memory can be transferred to the long-term memory system for more permanent storage.
