PSYC 351A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prefrontal Cortex, Mental Rotation, Memory Span
22 Jun 2016
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Letters or words that sound similar are confused. E. g. , f confused with x or s , not e : word-length effect. Memory for lists of words is better for short words than for long words. Takes longer to rehearse long words and to produce them during recall: articulatory suppression. Prevents one from rehearsing items to be remembered: reduces memory span, eliminates word-length effect, reduces phonological similarity effect for reading words. Visuospatial sketch pad: visual imagery: the creation of visual images in the mind in the absence of a physical visual stimulus. Tasks that called for greater rotations took longer. 5. 15: suggests increased dif culty: wm is set up to process different types of information simultaneously. Verbal & audio vs. visual and spatial: wm has trouble when similar types of information are presented at the same time. F confused with s or x , not e .
