Coding, capacity and duration of memory

• echoic memory – sound that is coded acoustically
• Memory recognition is when a person is able to retrieve a memory once they’re shown the memory again because it feels familiar to them. It is a type of memory retrieval 
• Memory recall is when we consciously re-access a memory without having to be reminded of the memory first. It is a type of memory recall
• Retrieval is the third stage in the memory process and is when we take information out of memory storage so it can be remembered
• Storage is the second stage of the memory process and is the process of keeping information in our memory 
• Encoding is the first stage of the memory process and it relates to the form information takes when it is stored in your brain.
• The STM mainly encodes information acoustically (a sensory code) but can also encode information semantically.
• Its impossible to test capacity in the LTM 
• visual encoding is where information is stored based on how it looks.