Long Term Memory

• Long Term Memory

  • relatively permanent memory system, holding vast amount of info for extended period of time
  • undergos further encoding according to meaning and becomes unconscious
• Capacity of Long-Term Memory

  • Unknown, presumed to be unlimited
• Duration of Long-Term Memory

  • Relatively Permanent
• Function of Long Term Memory

  • organised semantically, in organised way for a long time based on meaning rather than sensory input
  • retrieved by locating in Long Term Memory and sending it back to conscious Short Term Memory