Memory Storage Types

sensory memory - the shortest-term element of memory
- echoic memory - auditory sensory memory
  - phonological loop -
- iconic memory - visual sensory memory
  - visuospatial sketchpad -
- neocortical sensory and motor buffers -
working memory - considered short-term memory that is active instead of temporary storage system
short-term memory - temporary information storage system that holds about 7 items
- a method called chunking can help to increase the capacity of short-term memory
long-term memory - can store a seemingly unlimited amount of information almost indefinitely
- implicit - unconsciously recalled
  - procedural - skills on how to do things
  - priming -
  - classical conditioning -
- explicit - consciously recalled
  - declarative - facts and events
    - contextual or associative
      - episodic or autobiographical -
      - retrospective - what happened in the past
      - prospective - things to remember in the future
    - non-contextual or non-associative
      - semantic - more structured: abstract and relational
      - familiarity -

Transitions Between Memory Storage Types

SM can become STM through the process of attention
STM can become LTM through the process of consolidation:
- rehearsal
- meaningful association
- Motivation
LTM to STM is a process of retrieval