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Storage Memory

By: Marley Jennings, Ashley Lyon, Victoria Abramson, and Sarah Stern

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Implicit Memory •retention without conscious recollection•also called procedural memory •ex: remembering how to brush your teeth; you don’t have to think about it when you’re doing it

Explicit Memory

•memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare•also called declarative memory •ex: recalling things to write in a paper

Short-Term Memory/Working Memory

• Unlike Long-term memory, short-term memory is limited in duration and capacity.

• Lloyd Peterson and Margret Peterson studied the lifespan of stm.

• Magic Number 7 ± 2. George Miller said that we have a memory span of 7 digits (plus or minus 2)

Long-Term Memory• Our capacity for long-term memory is limitless. • On average, an adult stores a billion bits of

information in long-term memory• Through the processes of association and

rehearsal short-term memory can become a long-term memory

Flashbulb Memory

• A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Hippocampus • A neural center located in the limbic system • Helps process explicit memories (memories of

facts and experiences) • Temporary processing site for memories • One of the last brain structures to mature

Cerebellum • The pathway connecting the brain’s reception of

the tone with the blink response runs to the brainstem through a part of the cerebellum

• Psychologists were able to pinpoint implicit memory

• Human patients with a damaged cerebellum are likewise incapable of eye blink conditioning

Sensory Memory

• Def: The fleeting sensory impression left by stimuli such as light, sound, taste, touch, and smell.– Automatic response– Information is stored for a very brief amount of

time, essentially “lost” after time is up– Cannot be prolonged via rehearsal

Examples of Sensory Memory

• Do you remember the 6 shapes on the previous slide?

Handy Dandy Mnemonic Device

• Stimulus• Enters• No• Storage• Or• Recall• Yet

INFANTILE AMNESIA

Infantile Amnesia

• Def: The inability to recall one’s earliest memories.– Hippocampus and frontal lobes are still

developing- storage of memories is less efficient.

My Personal Example

• My brother was born when I was two years old. That day, my grandma took me to a doll museum. I remember being scared of the cracked faces of the dolls, but because of infantile amnesia, I have no memory of meeting my baby brother.

Memory Strategies Used

Implicit and Explicit Memory Slides: -visual encoding (images of brushing teeth and

writing a paper)

-self-reference effect (both actions are things that every student has done and can relate to)

• Through association and rehearsal, our short-term can turn into long-term memory.

• Studying beforehand, on assignments can give your brain the time and recognition it needs to convert your memories