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Memory goes through 3 systems, the sensory memory, the short term memory and the long term memory controlled by coding and rehearsal

The distinctions between the stores are based on the capacity duration and encoding of the 3 stores

Coding and Rehearsal determine the fate of the information recieved through our senses

rehearsal is seen as an important process as it not only keeps information in the STM but is also responsible for the transfer of information from the STM to the LTM

Information is received through our senses and is automatically stored briefly in the sensory memory. It has a large capacity

Information in our sensory memory which has been attended to is coded into the STM and if sufficiently rehearsed is coded into the LTM

The STM has a capacity of 7+/-2 items of information, has a duration of 15-30 seconds and its encoding is primarily acoustic

The Ltm has a capacity of infinite items of information, has a duration of a lifetime and its encoding is primarily semantic

Information then can be used as an output

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