PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sensory Memory, Cerebellum, Procedural Memory
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Memories are stored as part of a large integrated web of information: represented in the brain as a pattern of activation across entire neural networks. Memory is similar to a computer (three stage model of memory- know the duration (30 seconds without rehearsal for working memory or it is lost) We can"t preserve our memory 100%, interferences between coding and retrieval meaning our memories are not as similar to computers. This web of memories is similar to how neurons form networks in our brain (our mind map of apples is differently perceived by each individual) The transformation of information from one form/code to another (neural code) Code can be sound to pattern, letter sequence, image, and tactile cue. Paying attention to incoming information (garbage in= garbage out) Can last from fractions of a second (sensory memory) to several seconds (short-term and working memory) to indefinitely (long-term memory)
