SET E — ATTENTION & ENCODING
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Why are perception and attention critical for encoding?
Because unattended information is poorly encoded into long-term memory
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Why does multitasking impair memory?
Because divided attention reduces effective encoding
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Why do people forget where they park?
Attention wasn’t allocated during encoding
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What is inattentional blindness?
Filtering out things you are not paying attention to
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When is it ok to multitask?
When tasks involve different sensory modalities
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Episodic buffer
A limited-capacity storage system that binds information across domains
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Episodic buffer capacity
Approximately 4 chunks or episodes
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Information sources for episodic buffer
Working memory subsystems
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Why episodic buffer is necessary
Explains how semantic knowledge influences working memory performance
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Example of episodic buffer use
Holding faces and names together or remembering meaningful sentences
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When episodic buffer was added
Around the year 2000
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Visuo-spatial sketchpad
Working memory subsystem for visual and spatial information
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Visual cache
Passive storage of visual form and color
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Inner scribe
Active rehearsal process for spatial and movement-based information
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Logie’s contribution (1995)
Proposed a structured model of the visuo-spatial sketchpad
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Function of sketchpad
Provides a mental workspace for complex visual-spatial tasks
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