PSY270H5 Chapter Notes -Mental Rotation, Implicit Memory, Animal Cognition
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Process involved in retaining, retrieving and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas and skills after the original information is no longer present. Parts of the temporal lobe are important for forming new memories if destroyed the person only lives within the most recent memory of 1-2 minutes and forgets everything else. Called the modal model of memory b/c it included many features of memory models that were being proposed in 1960s. Stages in the model are called the structural features of the model; three structural features: sensory memory first stage that holds all incoming information for seconds, stm holds 5-7 items for 15-30 seconds, ltm holds large information for years/decades. Memory system also has control processes which are active processes that can be controlled by the person and may differ from one task to another (eg) rehearsal- maintaining information in stm and encoding-storing information in ltm. Retention of the effects of sensory stimulation for short periods of time.
