01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Memory Span, Multiple Choice, Limbic System
10 Oct 2018
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Chapter 7: memory: memory, types of memory. E. g. iconic (visual) memory and echoic (auditory) memory. : records information from senses for up to 3 seconds: sensory memory , short-term memory forgotten or transferred to long-term memory. : holds ~7 items for about 20 seconds before material is. : relatively permanent, can hold vast amounts of info. 3: hippocampus works to store information in ltm b) Info not stored in hippocampus: short-term memory capacity, memory-span test, chunking . : grouping distinct bits of info into larger wholes to increase short-term memory capacity. Indicates tendency to recall more items from beginning and end of list than from the middle. 1: elaborative rehearsal, subjects shown lists of words and asked to use 1 of 3 strategies (1) visual . Is the word printed in capital letters? (2) acoustic . Does the word rhyme with _____? (3) semantic .
