Sensory Memory

• Sensory Memory

  • Initial register of all incoming sensory info
  • must pay attention
• Capacity of Sensory Memory

  • Unlimited
• Duration of Sensory Memory

  • 0.2 - 4 seconds
• Function of Sensory Memory

  • Filters unnecessary info, transferring it to the STM
  • Allows us to perceive world as continuous
• 2 Different types of Sensory Memory

  1. Iconic Memory
  2. Echoic Memory
• Iconic Memory - Visual Info
• Echoic Memory - auditory info