PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Psych, Sketchpad, Mental Calculation
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Stm = the space used to hold information presently required. Wm = manipulation of that information for whatever task you are doing. Phonological loop- repeating a phone number to memorize it. Visuospatial sketchpad - doing double digit multiplication or long division. Maintenance rehearsal is terrible for long term memory. Selectively pairing different parts of working memory. Chinese children can remember more numbers than american children. They can fit more in their phonological loop. Only helps with that specific task you"ve trained (brain training games) Short term memory- something that degrades very quickly. Memory that persists over time without conscious activation. Events in your life, facts about the world, motor skills, etc. Can be retrieved and brought into working memory (but we might lose the ability to access that memory) Includes the things you know, but aren"t thinking about at this very moment. Ltm can refer to a couple of minutes.
