PSY 654 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tape Loop, Long-Term Memory, Procedural Memory
14 Dec 2015
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When letters sound the same its harder to remember. When letters are not similar sounding they are easier to remember: storage for phonological information. Short words are easier to remember than long words: limited capacity. Interference of short term memory coding affects retrieval: overloaded with competing information. Sensitivity: very sensitive to incoming information. Central executive: phonological loop is like the proverbial tape loop. A limited capacity store that helps with the retrieval of auditory and verbal information. Phonological similarity effect supports idea of specialised memory centre for language, with similar sounding stimuli ruining sense. Also supports finite duration of this tape loop the longer the word the longer the loop which is hard to recall. Overloads the phonological loop and reduces similarity and word-length effects: visuospatial sketch pad. Temporary visual and spatial information is held. Helps coordinate loops and pads during divided. Effects of articulatory suppression aren"t as dramatic.
