Module 4 - Memory Flashcards
features of sensory memory
- weak relationship with attention
- modality specific
- high degree of detail
- extremely brief duration
stimulus persistence
the stimulus appears to be present for a brief period after it disappears/changes
information persistence
information can be extracted from the stimulus even when it’s no longer present
partial recall
- subjects are able to recall much more if the cue is presented immediately
- cues reference physical characteristics
anorthoscopic perception
- seeing more than is there
- object is reconstructed based on iconic memory
- slower presentation = elongated shape
echoic memory
sensory store for auditory information
short term memory
the capacity to store small amounts of information over brief intervals
explicit/declarative memory
can explicitly, overtly remember the information retrieved
implicit/nondeclarative memory
- cannot explicitly remember
- evidence comes from change in behaviour
examples of implicit memory
- classical conditioning
- priming
- procedural learning
- learning artificial grammars
priming
presenting an item influences later processing/perception/recall
episodic memory
allows you to access specific events located at a particular point in time
semantic memory
generalized knowledge of the world
