Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Nicotine, Partial Trace, Explicit Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Memory: the processes that allow us to record and later retrieve experiences and information. Encoding: getting information into the system by translating it into neural code that your brain processes. Storage: retaining information over time; once in the system information must be filed away and saved. Retrieval: process of pulling information out of storage when we want to use it. The above model proposes that memory has three major components: sensory memory, short- term or working" memory, and long-term memory; the components may involve interrelated neural sites. Sensory memory: holds incoming sensory information just long enough for it to be recognized; it is composed of different subsystems, called sensory registers, which are the initial information processors; our visual sensory register is called the iconic store. The time course for visual sensory memory is very brief; it is difficult to retain complete information in purely visual form for more than a fraction of a second.