PSYC 3580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Long-Term Memory, Neuropsychological Test, Visual Search
Document Summary
Orientating attention network: a system responsible for the kind of attention required for visual search in which a person must shift his/her attention around to various spatial locations. Binding memory-a characteristic of the visual system in which characteristics such as colour, and shape can be registered separately; visual system may not represent thee important features of an object as a unified whole. Working memory: brief, immediate memory for material currently being processed; also contributes to ongoing mental activity. Short-term memory: contains only a small amount of information that a person is actively using. Working memory has 4 basic components: reaching back to long term memory, mixes it, processes it, applies it to current goals. Working memory capacity: our ability to leverage working memory to satisfy current goal. High working memory capacity tend to be good story tellers, good at standardized tests, high writing ability, good reasoning ability.
