coding, capacity, duration, LTM

• The limited capacity of short-term memory is mainly what
• Research on coding in short-term memory was done by Alan Baddeley
• The permanent storage of information is mainly what
• The capacity and duration of short-term memory was found through research
• Digit span research found that people can remember about 7 digits
• Chunking allows people to remember more in short-term memory
• The duration of short-term memory is around 15-30 seconds
• Long-term memory can last for years or a lifetime
• Episodic memory


  Memory for personal experiences and events
• Semantic memory


  Memory for general knowledge and facts
• Procedural memory


  Memory for skills and procedures
• Clinical evidence from case studies supports the distinction between types of long-term memory
• There is conflicting neuroimaging evidence on the brain regions associated with different types of long-term memory
• Understanding types of long-term memory allows development of treatments for memory problems
• There is debate over whether episodic and semantic memory are separate or part of the same system
• Clive Wearing has severe episodic memory impairment but relatively intact semantic memory