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SHORT AND LONG TERM MEMORY
Mind map: Short and long term memory
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SHORT AND LONG TERM MEMORY
SHORT TERM MEMORY
- CAPACITY: LESS THAN 7 CHUNKS
- How much can be held in memory. Measured in bits of information such as numbers of digits.
- DURATION: A FEW SECONDS
- How long a memory lasts before it's no longer available.
- ENCODING: ACOUSTIC/VISUAL
- How the information enters and is stored in the brain via the senses. Acoustic: Through sounds. Visual: Through pictures.
- CAPACITY: LESS THAN 7 CHUNKS
LONG TERM MEMORY
- CAPACITY: POTENTIALLY UNLIMITED
- How much can be held in memory. Measured in bits of information such as numbers of digits.
- DURATION: 100 YEARS (UNLIMITED)
- How long a memory lasts before it's no longer available.
- ENCODING: SEMANTIC
- How the information enters and is stored in the brain via the senses. Semantic: Knowing and understanding the meaning.
- CAPACITY: POTENTIALLY UNLIMITED
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- Psychology (Unit 1: Memory) Mind Map on SHORT AND LONG TERM MEMORY, created by maiubo on 31/03/2014.
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