05 Short-term Memory

Question 1

characteristics of sensory memory

Answer 1

• high capacity
• rapid decay (ms)
• passive, no active maintenance

Question 2

short-term memory

Answer 2

• low capacity
• rapid decay (several seconds)
• fragile to interference
• active rehearsal possible

Question 3

working memory

Answer 3

short-term memory +
- shielding against interference
- active transformation of contents
- potential modular architecture

Question 4

spatial vs. object memory

Answer 4

• spatial: dorsal stream
• object: ventral stream
• both end in PFC
• what and where cells equally divided between dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC