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Memory 1
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Term | Definition |
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Memory | Process of retaining information about past events. |
STM | Memory for immediate events; limited time and disappear unless rehearsed. |
LTM | Memory for past events, anything from 2 minutes to 100 years - potentially unlimited duration and capacity. |
Duration | Measure of how long a memory lasts before it is no longer available. |
Capacity | Measure of the amount of information that can be held in memory, e.g. number of digits. |
Encoding | How information is changed so it can be stored in memory - information enters the brain via the senses and is then stored invisual, acoustic or semantic form. |
Sensory Memory | Information collected by the senses - eyes, ears, nose, skin. |
Decay | Gradual fading away of a memory trace which disintegrates over time and so is lost. |
Mnemonic | A strategy to help you remember things, e.g. using initials to make a memorable word. |
Storage | After encoding,information is stored in memory. |
Retrieval | This is when stored information - it involves recognition, recall and reconstruction. |