Duration/Capacity/Coding

• Sensory register

  Large capacity, relieves into short-term memory, duration is different for each store, limited to a few seconds/milliseconds
• Short-term memory

  Capacity - 5-9 items, Duration - 18-30 seconds, Coded acoustically
• Long-term memory

  Capacity - very large, potentially infinite, Duration - very large (life long or longer), Coded acoustically
• Capacity

  How much our memory can hold
• Duration

  How long our memory lasts
• Coding


  The way information is changed so it can be stored in memory