PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sketchpad, Vagus Nerve, George Sperling
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Patient kc: retain some memory for general knowledge but lost memory of spec exp (episodic memory) The atkinson-shiffrin model: a memory model inc 3 memory stores stores - retain info in memory w/x using it for any spec purpose (~ hard drive) Short-term memory (stm) - memory store w/ limited capacity & duration (~30 sec) -> (capacity) by miller: the magical no. Long-term memory (ltm) - store @ hippocampus; hold info for extended period of time if not permanently; x capacity limit; 1. Base on sound & look of words -> explain tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: able to retrieve similar sounding words or words that start w/ same letter but can t quite retrieve the word you actually want. Control processes - shift info from one memory store to another; represented by arrows in model. Attention - select which info (@ spotlight of attention) will be passed on to. Encoding - process of storing info in ltm.
