PSYC31H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Standard Deviation, Benton Visual Retention Test, Free Recall
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Short term memory = passive form of memory: not the same thing. Iconic = visual image: can last up to 200 milliseconds, echoic = auditory stimulus, can last up to 2000 milliseconds. Working memory: several bits of information can be stored for a brief period: second stage in memory process, used to be called short-term memory is now considered more active than a passive form of short-term. Immediate memory: has the capacity to hold 7 stimulus +/- 2. They are slave systems" that are responsible for short-term maintenance of information. Hebb stated that immediate memory is maintained in the reverberating neural circuits self-contained networks that sustain a nerve impulse by channeling it repeatedly through the same network. Information will disappear if it is not converted into the long- term. Consolidation: process by which information is stored in the long-term memory: no exact time for this, may happen without active involvement (incidental learning)
