Atkinson-Shiffrin Multi-Store Model of Memory

The Atkinson-Shiffrin Multi-Store Model of Memory

Iconic Memory

C: unlimited

D: 0.2-0.4 secs

(average: 0.3 secs)

Sensory Memory

C: unlimited

D: 0.2-4secs

Short-term

Memory

C: 5-9 bits of info

D: 12-30secs

(average: 18-20secs)

Echoic Memory

C: unlimited

D: 3-4 secs

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Long-term Memory

C: virtually unlimited

D:up to a lifetime

Explicit Memory/ Declarative Memory

(Memory with awareness)

Semantic Memory

(Facts and knowledge)

Episodic Memory

(Personal experiences and events)

Implicit Memory

(Memory without awareness)

Procedural Memory

(Motor skills and actions)

Classically Conditioned Memory

(Conditioned responses to conditioned stimuli)

Attention

Encoding

Retrieval

Rehearsal

Sensory information from external environment