PSYCH207 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psych, Amygdala, Echoic Memory
12 Apr 2015
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When information is rst translated into a form that other cognitive processes can use. Assumes that information is received, processed, and stored differently for each memory. Unattended information presented very quickly is stored only brie y. Separate sensory memories exist for each sensory modality (ex. visual, auditory, olfactory) Capacities appear relatively larger for visual than auditory sensory memory, but the length of. Information that can be stored appears relatively unprocessed, meaning that most of it has to. Guarantees a minimum of time during which information presented to us (that we pay. After image of lightening is a mental experience believed to persist in our sensory memory. The icon can be erased by other stimuli presented immediately after the icon = masking. Ex: if the display with letters was followed by a display with circles, and if the participant was told to report which letters had been in the locations of the circles, the circles appeared to.
