ARTS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sensory Memory, Metacognition, Note-Taking

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Arts Interdisciplinary
• Course: ARTS 1110
• Professor: James K.Honeyford

Document Summary

Process of recoding sensory data from the outside world . Uses the five senses (hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell) to input sensory information . Automatic brain function, but too some extent indiscriminate . Need to actively select the information that you encode strategies for improving encoding: . Exclude competing stimuli: many students believe they study better with music or television in the background, most do not . Use various sensory modes: the use of a number of different sensory modes (e. g. students" rete(cid:374)tio(cid:374) of i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) duri(cid:374)g le(cid:272)tures i(cid:374)(cid:272)reases whe(cid:374) they (cid:271)oth hear the i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d see it displayed graphically. Sensory storage allows incoming information to be held briefly and interpreted . Interpretation is the process of making sensory information comprehendible . Sensory interpretations are subject to decay or be replaced by new impressions . Within a few seconds, you need to put information into short-term memory or replace it with new information short-term memory .