PSYC1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sketchpad, Long-Term Memory, Temporal Lobe
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Linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding. Thinking of examples- ones you make up are most effective in memory. Deciding if and how information is relevant to you. Creation of visual images to represent words to be remembered. Memory is enhanced by creating more than one memory code to go with information. Information processing theories: subdivide memory into 3 different stores. Short-term memory: limited-capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information for up to about. Phonological rehearsal loop: uses recitation to temporarily hold onto information. Visuospatial sketchpad: temporarily holding and manipulation of visual images. Executive control system: handles information while people engage in reasoning and decision making. Long lost memories: triggered by electrical stimulation of temporal lobe or hypnosis. Flashbulb memories: unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events (ex: most people remember where they were and other details when 9/11 occurred.
