PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Short-Term Memory, Long-Term Memory, Episodic Memory
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Ebbinghaus"s pioneering studies of memory: tested memory using mathematics and quantitative numbers, used nonsense syllables and recorded his own memory, measured how long it took to remember certain lists. Example: rules of tennis: episodic memory: memory for specific events in life. Example: 7 is the magic number (or 4ish chunks: chunking: grouping items into meaningful sequences or, decay of memories over time clusters (short term, brain creates protein that weakens the memory trace. Avoids storing unimportant information: confusion of most recent memories with preceding ones, long term memories last for varying periods of time, depends on reuse and whether or not they"re current. Phonological loop: stores and rehearses speech information (remember sentences) Visuospatial sketchpad: temporarily stores and manipulates visual/spatial information (recognition and imagining an object from another angle) Episodic buffer: binds together the various parts of a meaningful experience (details around a date)
