CODING, CAPACITY AND DURATION OF MEMORY

CODING, CAPACITY AND DURATION OF MEMORY

1. CODING - The format in which information is stored in the various memory stores

2. CAPACITY - The amount of information that can be held in a memory store

3. DURATION - The length of time information can be held in memory

4. STM - The limited - capacity memory store. Coding is mainly acoustic (sounds), capacity is between 5 and 9 items on average, duration is between about 18 and 30 seconds.

5. LTM - The permanent memory memory store. Coding is mainly semantic, meaning that it has unlimited capacity and can store memories for up to a lifetime.