PSYC 3F40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Episodic Memory, Memory Consolidation, Soltyrei
4 Feb 2013
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Working memory memory for new information and information retrieved information can enter st memory from sensory of lt memory from long-term memory; same as st memory. Represents behaviour that takes place inside our head represents our ability to remember what we have just perceived and to think about it in terms of what we already know. Primacy and recency effects free-recall task remember what you can of information that was just given to you. Llyod and margaret peterson presented people with stimuli composed of. When made to count backwards from 3-4 digit numbers consonants were only accesible for a few seconds and dropped to zero after 15-18 seconds stimuli remain in st memory for 20 seconds unless rehearsed. Miller the magical number 7 plus or minu 2: people can retain on average. Chunking process by which information is simplified by rules, which make it easily remembered once rules are learned.
