PSYC 3450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Echoic Memory, Long-Term Memory, Implicit Memory
27 Apr 2017
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In humans, memory representations can be activated with internal cues; no environmental stimulus is necessarily required. In memory, information is first encoded: then, through a process of consolidation, that information is solidified in a long- term storage, later, either in response to associated cue or through intentional effort, previously encoded representations are retrieved. Explicit vs implicit: episodic and semantic memory can be described as explicit memory, that is memory that we experience consciously, and that can be directly tested, procedural memory is an example of implicit memory. Implicit memories can guide behavior, but we don"t experience them consciously. A police line-up is an example of a recognition test. Measuring memory implicit memory: savings: measurement of marginal improvements on a memory task over multiple trials. If a person learns a list of words, then forgets them, he will learn them more easily the second time.
