PSY 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Attention, Clive Wearing, Prefrontal Cortex
19 Oct 2016
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Perception is an important component of memory. Someone who experiences sensations in one sense when a different sense is stimulated. Also the store of what has been learned and remembered. Not necessarily conscious, as much of what we remember cannot intentionally be brought into awareness. Holds information in its original sensory form for a very brief period of time, usually about a half a second or less to 2 or 3 second. Information that is perceived automatically enters sensory memory. Brief visual record left on the retina of the eye. Fire alarm turns off but still hear the sound. Working memory is required to attend to and solve a problem at hand; often used. Short-term or working memory interchangeably with short-term memory. 7 items on average, with a range of 5-9 units. Breaking down a list of items into a smaller set of meaningful units.
