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memory_models:a_brief_history_of_human_memory_systems [2011/04/08 10:16] jpetrovic [Early models and measures of memory] |
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| The thesis of two separate memory systems: the **long-term memory** and the **short-term memory** is today considered to be true. Some of the evidence for this thesis are: | The thesis of two separate memory systems: the **long-term memory** and the **short-term memory** is today considered to be true. Some of the evidence for this thesis are: | ||
| - | * **differences in characteristics** like retention speed (high for STM and longer for LTM), capacity (small for STM and large or unlimited for LTM), time to acquire information (short for STM and longer for LTM) | + | * **differences in capacity** (small for STM and large or unlimited for LTM), |
| - | * **information encoding** (semantic for LTM and acoustic or visual for STM) | + | * **difference in duration limits** (items in STM decay as a function of time, which is not a characteristic of LTM(([[http://web.missouri.edu/~cowann/documents/Cowan2008progressinbrainresearchSTMLTM.pdf|Cowan, N. What are the differences between long-term, short-term, and working memory? Progress in brain research 169: 323-338. 2008.]]))), |
| - | * patients who suffered **physical injuries** demonstrated how LTM or STM can be damaged without influencing the other | + | * **differences in retention speed** (very high for STM and possibly lower for LTM), |
| + | * **differences in time to acquire information** (short for STM and longer for LTM), | ||
| + | * **information encoding** (semantic for LTM and acoustic or visual for STM), and | ||
| + | * patients who suffered **physical injuries** demonstrated how LTM or STM can be damaged without influencing the other. | ||
| Another term should be clarified here: the [[memory_models:human_working_memory|working memory]], which is often mistaken for the short-term memory. The main difference between these two is that working memory usually includes the structure and processes performed by a system in control of the short-term memory. | Another term should be clarified here: the [[memory_models:human_working_memory|working memory]], which is often mistaken for the short-term memory. The main difference between these two is that working memory usually includes the structure and processes performed by a system in control of the short-term memory. | ||
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