PSY 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Echoic Memory, Iconic Memory, Henry Molaison
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Atkinson and shiffen model (aka: memory storage model and modal model: sensory memory 1st storage system; info is very brief and lasts for about a fraction of. 11/30/17 a second: iconic memory has to do with visual information, echoic memory has to do with audio information. Turn sensory memory to short term memory/working memory (short term memory lasts for about twenty seconds. Chunking grouping items into meaningful parts to expand the limitations of short term memory/working memory: short-term memory stm keeping info in the mind using repetition. Working memory taking the info in the mind and doing something with it. If you are constantly repeating and paying attention, information will then be stored into long term memory: long-term memory ltm seems to have an unlimited storage capacity, you can put as much info as you can. Declarative memories, there are conscious memory, you can clearly state them. Memories you have but are unaware that you have, they are unconscious.
