Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
How can forgetting over the short term be explained best?
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Fri Jan 28 2005
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
How can forgetting over the short term be explained best? Human memory, like memory on a computer, allows us to store information for later use. Unlike a computer however human memory doesn't only have two types of storage for information. Whereas a computer either has permanent storage or permanent deletion humans have three distinct storage capabilities. Sensory memory is very brief only lasting a few seconds and is replaced by Short term memory when the information in our sensory memory comes into the conscious or our awareness. Information in the short term memory is information that is currently active, such as reading this page. Although short term memory can definitely last longer it still has a very limited capacity. Finally there is the long term memory store, which is the one most similar to the permanent storage of a computer. Forgetting over the short term occurs when information from the short...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 147,038 others
Receive email updates for this category
- Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
- Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
- Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk
