PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Count Von Count, Richard Shiffrin, Anterograde Amnesia
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Memory is a collection of several systems that store information in different forms for differing amounts of time. A model constructed by richard atkinson and richard shiffrin to review what information they had regarding memory during their time (1960s). This model had 3 stores: stores retain memory for no apparent reason similar to hard drives for the mind. Ltm: sensory memory, short-term memory (stm, long-term memory (ltm, sensory memory. Sensory memory is a memory store that accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time. This depends on the type of sensory system. Iconic memory: the visual form of sensory memory is held for. Echoic memory: the auditory form of sensory memory is held for. Attention moves the information from the sensory memory into short-term memory. about one-half to one second. about five seconds. Short-term memory is a memory store with limited capacity and duration (less than a minute).
