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Visual sensory store

a memory system that can effectively hold all the information in the visual display, but in this information is not attended to immidiately, it will dissapear, less than 1 s. Held in or near primary visual cortex.

Aditory sensory store

a memory system for auditory information which can be held for about 10 s in or near the primary auditory cortex.

Memory span

The capacity of short-term memory.

Depth of processing

The level of how meaningful information is made and how elaborate.

Visiospatial sketchpad

Baddeley's theory of working memory. Slave system controlled by central executive, holding visual information.

Phonological loop

Slave system, proposed to consist of articulatory loop (inner voice) and a phonological store (inner ear) parietal-temporal region.

Working memory

Contains slave systems controlled by central executive, system form holding information to get a task done, auxiliary.

Central executive

Part of working memory, controlling slave systems, puts information into these systems, retrieves it and translates from one to another.

Articulatory loop

Part of phonological loop, inner voice, supported by Broca's area. Evidence: word length effect.

ACT - adaptive control of thought

Theory about that information in long-term memory can vary from moment to moment in terms of how easy it is to retrieve it into working memory. Has an equation: Ai=Bi+(Wj*Sij)

Activation

The stimulus that retrieves association for that stimulus. Activation determines both the probability and the speed with which that retrieval is accomplished.

Spreading activation

The process of activating associated memories to the stimuli one attends to. Those memories become more available.

Strength

Same as bese-level activation of the ACT equation, but the strength of a trace is depending on how often it is used or practiced, while base-level activation depends on whether associated items are attended to.

Elaborative processing

A level of processing involving an expansion of information that helps recall if the elaboration is precise and provides context.

Flashbulb-memories

Type of memories that seem particularly vivid and people also report better memories for these type of events, like something traumatic or very significant. Though these memories does not seem to be any different, but retention might be better for some events because they are rehearsed in media and conversation.