Coding In Memory AO1

• Sensory register


  Coding is through the senses e.g. could be visual, acoustic etc.
• Baddeley's research on coding in STM and LTM


  • Gave participants different word lists which were acoustically similar, acoustically dissimilar, semantically similar or semantically dissimilar
  • Found immediate recall was worse with acoustically similar words
  • Suggesting STM is coded acoustically
  • Struggled with recalling semantically similar words after 20 mins, suggesting LTM is coded semantically
• Encoding semantically


  Involves using current knowledge to give meaning to information
• Encoding acoustically


  Often involves repeating information in your head