PSY260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 351-363: Visual Short-Term Memory, Stimulus Modality, Sensory Memory
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These temporary memories are crucial for performing many high- level cognitive control functions, such as planning, organization, and task management. Visual sensory memory: while recall and partial recall. If you get distracted, you will forget it. the capacity of short-term memory is about 7 items, a number he described as the magic number 7 . Controlling our stm and can store as much as possible. Thus, working memory involves the temporary retention of information just experienced or just retrieved from long-term memory. When information is maintained in working memory, it can be manipulated in ways that make it useful for goal-directed behavior, such as making decisions and retrieving other information from long- term memory. Baddeley"s model includes two independent short-term memory buffers: the visuospatial sketchpad and the phonological loop. The visuospatial sketchpad holds visual and spatial images for manipulation. In working memory, the longer words take longer to rehearse. visuospatial sketchpad has a limited capacity.
