![]() ![]() However, unlike sensory memory which holds the complete image received by your senses, short-term memory only stores your interpretation of the image. Like sensory memory, short-term memory holds information temporarily, pending further processing. This information will quickly be forgotten unless you make a conscious effort to retain it. It holds the information you are currently thinking about. Short-term memoryShort-term memory (STM) is also known as working or active memory. Haptic memory is the tactile sensory memory that holds information from your sense of feeling. Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory that holds the mental representation of your visual stimuli.Įchoic memory is the auditory sensory memory that hold information that you hear. There are two other types of sensory memory echoic memory (the auditory sensory) and haptic memory (the tactile sensory). This is an example of iconic memory, which is your visual sensory memory. But it holds it long enough to keep the image in your mind until the next still image replaces it.īasically, sensory memory allows you to see the world as an unbroken chain of events, rather than as individual pieces. A visual trace is retained in sensory memory for about a split second. Sensory memory also explains why the old 16mm movies shot with 16 separate frames per second appears as continuous movement rather than a series of single still pictures. It is your sensory memory that is holding that image. As your eyes close, you can notice how the visual image is maintained for a fraction of a second before fading. Sensory memory can be observed if you look at an object then close your eyes. To get information into short-term memory, you need to attend to it – meaning consciously paying attention to it. It never makes its way into the second stage of memory because it was never attended to. Most of the information that gets into sensory memory is forgotten. In order for that information to be retained for longer, it has to continue onto short-term memory. However, it only holds it for a very brief period, generally for no longer than a second. Sensory memory holds impressions of that sensory information that was received by your five senses after the original stimulus has stopped. You subconsciously and continuously gather information from the environment through your five senses. Sensory memory is not consciously controlled. Its purpose is to give your Brain time to process the incoming information. Sensory memory is the first stage of memory. It seemingly can hold an unlimited amount of information. Long-term memory – holds information for long periods even permanently. It lasts for a very brief time (less than a minute) and can only hold 7 +/- 2 pieces of information at once. Short-term memory – holds information you are actively thinking about. It holds information for an extremely brief period of time (less than a second) after the original stimulus has stopped. ![]() Sensory memory – Processes information gathered through your five senses. ![]() However, any information you to do not pay attention to never makes it way to the next stage. Information that you pay attention to and process will move to the next stage of memory. ![]() The determination of what information makes its way through the different stages depends on what you pay attention to and process. Most of it is forgotten somewhere along the way. However, not all information makes its way through all three stages. Information that you come across on a daily basis may move through the three stages of memory. ![]()
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