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Intro To STM & LTM Flashcards

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Duration of LTM and STM

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STM - limited - 10 seconds - 20seconds
LTM - unlimited - last a lifetime

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Capacity of STM and LTM

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STM - limited - 5-9 chunks
LTM - unlimited capacity

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Encoding of STM and LTM

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STM - info encoded acoustically (sounds)
LTM - encoded semantically (meaning)

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