CODING

• What is coding?

  the way information is changed so that it can be stored in the memory
• How is the memory coded in the STM?

  Acoustically
• How is the memory coded in the LTM?

  Semantically
• Who studied coding of memory?

  Baddeley
• How did Baddeley investigate coding?

  word lists

  some were semantically similar and some were acoustically similar.

  Asked to recall in order straight away then 20 minutes later
• What did Baddeley find?

  Immediate recall was worse with acoustically similar words.

  After 20 minutes recall was worse with semantically similar words
• What did Baddeleys findings tell us about coding in the STM and LTM?

  STM is acoustic

  LTM is semantic