types of memory

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    • henry molaison's memory was damaged after an operation that removed a small part of his brain to cure his lifelong epilepsy
    • capacity definition

      how much information can be stored in memory
    • duration definition

      how long information can be stored
    • coding definition

      the way information is changed so it can be stored, what format it is stored in
    • sensory coding

      codes that store sensory information
    • two main sensory codes
      acoustic and visual codes (5 in total touch, smell, feel)
    • semantic coding

      storing information by its meaning
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