what is the phonological similarity effect
the serial recall of list of visually presented words is worse when the words are phonologically similar
phonologically words cause ………
confusion
what is the articulatory rehersal process linked with
speech production and access to the store
whast the word effect length
recall lists of words better for shorter words than longer words
what is the phonological comprised of?
what did Logie 1995 suggest the visuo spacial sketchpad is comprised of
what does Logie 1995’s visual cache mean
it stores information of visual form and colour
what does Logie’s 1995 inner scribe mean
it processes spatial and movement information, reherses information in the visual cache and draws upon the CE
what is logie’s 1995 pictorial studys inner scribe purpose
a rehearsel mechanism
what does the corsi blocks test a measure of?
spatial working memory
what happens in corsi blocks test
what is the visual patterns test
try to remember how many squares are black and keep putting them in until capacity reached for memory
2 types of tests for visual working memory
what is dysexecutive syndrome
a person who has frontal lobe brain damage, causes them to behave like they lack a ‘control system’
whats stroop task
what is mental synthesis
the ability to create mental images or concepts by combining different elements or pieces of information
what activity is suggested to happen in the episodic buffer
mental synthesis
whats the episodic buffer
seen as a space of storage capacity
- decides whether to put information into STM or LTM
- use of mental sysnthesis involved
Schacter and Tulving argued there are 5 major memory systems
what is episodic memory
what is semantic memory
what is autobiographical memory
what 4 things make up baddeley’s autobiographical memory model
examples of declarative memory