PS101 Lecture Notes - Implicit Memory, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychology
Document Summary
How we take in, process, store and interpret. Usually used to bring past experience to consciousness. Different ways of remembering (specific things, general concepts, knowledge, skils) 3 memory analogies: we draw analogies between known and unknown. Computer both mind and computer process info. Memory and a camera or video recorder. Storage of repeated daily events : reconstructing the past. 6: multiple systems of memory, 3 box model. One of many: sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory, encoding / storage / retrieval. Sensory memory: also labeled iconic memory, literal copy very brief, visual sensory register, auditory echoic storage, capacity is extremely large. Short term memory: information acoustically encoded (sound, approx. 30 second duration: capacity of 7 +/- 2 (5-9 things, can be held in your short term memory, chunking (need long term memory in order to chunk properly) Area of expertise: maintenance rehearsal (keeping info in short term memory, a component of working memory.
