multistore model of memory

• who made the multistore model


  atkinson and shiffrin
• multistore model

  • sensory register
  • short term memory
  • long term memory
• sensory register

  • info from the senses
  • unlimited capacity
  • duration - milliseconds
  • most info gets no attention
• short term memory

  • info used for immediate tasks
  • has limited duration - will decay quickly
  • attention transfers info from register into stm
  • maintenance and normal rehearsal makes info go into ltm
• long term memory

  • unlimited capacity
  • unlimited duration - info is potentially kept forever
  • recall makes info accessible from stm
• multistore model ao3

  • capacity and duration research show that stm and ltm are separate
  • henry molaison - had part of his brain removed - couldnt make any new ltm but old ones remained
  • too simplistic
  • some believe that memories are created by processing not rehearsal
• clive wearing

  • played piano
  • had a viral infection of the brain
  • cant make new memories
  • still remembers how to play piano