PSYC 3466 Lecture 10: 2/11/19

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3466
• Professor: Dibattista

Document Summary

A type of memory that processes information that is within current attentional focus. Working memory contains multiple subsystems for processing and integrating different types of information. It is an explanation of working memory that includes characteristics of attention. Can be used for visual and auditory attention. Phonological speech sound similarity effect on stm span. Effectiveness of phonological cues for similar and dissimilar word stimuli. Relationship of word length to memory span. Remember more short words and lists than long words. Suggests that a component in working memory that is paying attention. Participants remember a list of words that began with the same sound. Spatial processing in blind people (can still move through space) Processing of sensory information from taste, touch, and smell. Similar to phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad in function. Stores info from the phonological loop, visuospatial, subsidiary systems, and ltm. Allows for analysis of items in working memory. Memory storage may be affected by depth of processing.