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What is the sensory register? |
.Ultra-short term memory .Takes in information through the 5 senses after being engaged by a stimulus |
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What is the coding in the sensory register? |
.Very little coding .Information remains in its raw form .Different registers for each sence: Iconic register for visual Echoic register for auditory Haptic register for touch |
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Duration of sensory register? |
Iconic - half a second Echoic - up to 3 seconds |
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Capacity of the sensory register |
Very large |
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What is short term memory? |
.Information we are currently aware or thinking about .Comes from paying attention to sensory memories. |
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Coding in the stm |
Mainly acoustic Sometimes visual Sometimes semantic |
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Duration of STM |
18-30 |
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Capacity of STM |
7 +- 2 items |
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Long term memory |
.Potentially permanent memory store |
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Coding in the LTM |
Semantic |
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Duration in LTM |
Up to a life time. Memories based on skills are remembered better |
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Capacity in LTM |
Unlimited |
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Supporting evidence for msm |
Glazer and cunitz |
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Biological evidence of msm |
Prefrontal cortex active for short term memory Hippocampus for long term |
