Short term memory (STM)
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Short term memory is also referred to as…
working memory
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Digit-span test
7 pieces of information can be held in STM (plus one or 2 more) as the average
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Chunking
combining info into meaningful units (chunks)
Example: the cadence when saying your phone number
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Maintenance Rehearsal
continuing to pay attention to info by repeating it over and over again
as soon as you stop this, the info will be forgotten
→ susceptible to interference
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What can disrupt STM?
Interference in maintenance rehearsal and the amount of info
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Large aspects of STM (lobes)
frontal and temporal (where the hippocampus is located)
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