PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Short-Term Memory, Sensory Memory, Implicit Memory
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It"s easy for us to miss (even very obvious things) when they violate our expectations. Searching for one feature is fast and automatic (parallel processing) The target will "pop out" at you (grabs your attention) Searching for two (or more) features is slow and effortful (serial processing) Encoding phase: information is acquired and processed into a neural code that the brain can use. Storage phase: the retention of encoded information (whether it is for a moment or a lifetime) Retrieval phase: recalling or remembering the stored information when we need it. Understanding the function of memory can help us understand how it works. Memory is not a recording, it is a reconstruction. Memory for sensory information that only lasts for an extremely brief (<1s) time. We are typically not even consciously aware of it. Remembering something important your prof says while you write it down.
