Working
Memory
Short-term memory and working memory include what you are
conscious-of, thinking-about, or concentrating-on including perceptions and
cognitions. It refers to your capacity to keep a
limited amount of information in an active state.
External
Events
Long-
Term
Memory
Attention
Encoding
Perceived Information
Attended-To Information
Activated Long-Term Memory Schemas
Information Linked with Long-Term Memory Schemas and/or Adequately Rehearsed
Information gets from STM to LTM if it can be
meaningfully incorporated into activated schemas or existing knowledge
that has been temporarily brought into the STM or “Working Memory” as
well.
7± 2 bits
Sensory
Memory
Register
Short- Term
Memory
Created by G. Vessels, 2004