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Models of Memory The multi-store model of memory Atkinson & Shiffrin argued that there are three memory stores. Information from the environment is initially received by the sensory stores, followed by the attention of the short-term store. In turn, some of the information processed in the short-term store is transferred to the long-term store. In the multi-store model the reason given for the transfer between short and long-term memory is that it is rehearsed or repeated verbally which aids encoding. The more something is rehearsed, the stronger the memory trace. The main emphasis of this model is on the structure of memory and on rehearsal: Evaluation of the multi-store model The multi-store model provides a systematic account of the structures and processes involved in human memory. The main weakness with the multi-store model of memory is that it is over simplified, as it implies that there are only two memory stores, one short-term and...

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