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Flashcards by Maria-LouiseM, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria-LouiseM
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is short-term memory? | An temporary store where small amounts of information can be kept for brief periods. |
| What is Long-term memory? | A permanent store where limitless amounts of information can be stored for long periods. |
| Capacity | The amount of information that can be held in memory at any one time. |
| Duration | The length of time that memories can be held. |
| Encoding | The way in which information is represented in the memory store, e.g. by sound, meaning or image. |
| Sensory memory | A set of limited capacity, modality-specific stores that hold information for a very brief period. |
| Components of Sensory memory | 1. Visual, auditory, tactile, haptic coding 2. Limited capacity 3. Very brief duration |
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