Memory 1

Sensory memory

a store of memory which very briefly stores raw information detected by the senses

Short Term Memory

a store of memory that temporarily stores a limited amount of information that is consciously being attended to and actively manipulated

Long Term Memory

A store of memory in which a potentially unlimited amount of information is stored for a relatively permanent amount of time

rehearsal

a controlled process which involves consciously repeating or manipulating information in short-term memory

encoding

the process of converting information into a useable form which can be manipulated and stored in the brain

Storage

the retention of information over time

Retrieval

the process of accessing information, that has been stored in long-term memory, and bringing it into our conscious awareness in short-term memory

Duration

How long information can be held in a memory store

Capacity

How much information can be held in a memory store

Duration of STM

18-30 seconds

Capacity of STM

7 +/- 2

capacity of sensory memory

unlimited

duration of sensory memory

0.2-4 seconds

duration of LTM

potentially unlimited

capacity of LTM

relatively permanent

semantic memory

conscious memory

implicit memory

unconscious memory

semantic memory

type of explicit memory. General Knowledge

Episodic memory

type of explicit memory. Events of someone's life

Procedural memory

a type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits

classically conditioned memory

implicit memory of conditioned responses to conditioned stimuli acquired through classical conditioning

Hippocampus

Consolidates and encodes explicit memories

Amygdala

Encodes emotional memories

Neocortex

Stores explicit memories

Cerebellum

Encodes and stores procedural (implicit) memories

basal ganglia

Encodes procedural memories and is Involved in the storage of unconscious habits and behaviours (procedural) associated with classically conditioned memories