Memory Flashcards

memory is the process by which we encode, store and retrieve

How information flows through the memory system

Describe how information flows through mental system

The form information is adapted to from your senses so that the information can be stored in the brain.

Visual-mental imagery Acoustic-sound semantic- knowledge of meaning Tactile encoding is a memory of what things feel like and olfactory memory is memory for smells.

how memories are held in the physical neural structure of the brain

process of bringing memory out of storage so it can be used

Recognition – for example, doing multiple choice questions, you are given four possible answers and have to decide which one is the right answer. Or seeing someone and being able to identify who they are – which is different from trying to recall what someone looks like. • Cued recall – you try to remember a piece of information … it’s on the tip of your tongue … and then someone gives you a clue or cue (It begins with the letter ‘B’) and you can remember it. • Free recall is when you retrieve it without cues