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Part of the memory that temporarily holds and manipulates information so we can use it to think, learn, understand, and solve problems.
Working memory
Another name for working memory is
Short-term memory
Repeating information mentally or out loud in order to keep it in working memory and help transfer it to long-term memory.
Rehearsal
Tendency to remember the first items in a list better, because they are rehearsed better because they are rehearsed more and stored in long-term memory.
Primacy effect
Tendency to remember the last items in a list better, because they are still in working memory.
Recency effect
Part of memory that stores information for a long period of time.
Long-term memory
The author of the article "Magic Number Seven" is
George Miller
A memory test where people tried to recall letters after counting backward to prevent rehearsal, used to measure how fast short-term memory fades.
The Brown/Peterson and Peterson technique
Grouping information into meaningful units to improve memory.
Chunking
The meaning of words and sentences
Semantics
Tendency to remember the first items and the last items in a list better than the middle items.
Serial-position effect.
Silently reminding yourself of something you need to do.
Self-instruction
Term used for when old information interferes with learning or remembering new information.
Proactive interference.
Improved memory performance that occurs when the type of material changes, reducing the effect of earlier learned information.
Release from proactive interference
The brief storage of sensory information like light or sounds that lasts just a few seconds or even less.
Sensory memory
Area of the brain where verbal material is rehearsed.
Frontal lobe
What are of the brain is activated when we store auditory information?
Left parietal lobe
The model that describes memory as 3 stages: sensory --- short-term --- long-term memory.
Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory
Mental strategies used to manage how information moves through memory systems. Some examples are rehearsal, attention, and organization.
Control processes.
The part of working memory that stores and rehearses verbal and auditory information.
Phonological loop.
How would a graph of serial-position effect look like?
U-shaped
The part of memory that stores visual images and spatial information.
Visuospatial sketchpad
The so called "manager" of working memory that directs attention and coordinates other components.
Central executive
The component of working memory that integrates information from different sources into a single episode.
Episodic buffer
Area of the brain associated with language.
Left hemisphere of temporal lobe