Author: cnolan

Multi-Store Model of Memory

Attention Retrieval Short Term Memory (STM) Sensory Memory Elaborative Rehearsal
Long Term Memory (LTM Maintenance Rehearsal Information Retrieval Environmental stimuli

What Evidence Is There?

Evaluating the MSM—Is this a strength or a weakness?

The eyes, ears, nose, fingers etc.
These stores constantly receive large amounts of information.
Information remains in the store for a very brief period.
Most information receives no attention.

Short-Term Memory
Limited Duration (seconds/minutes)
Limited Capacity (about 4 chunks)
Mainly acoustic encoding

Long-Term Memory
Long duration (hours and years)
Large capacity
Mainly semantic encoding.

Maintenance Rehearsal
Verbal—repeating something over and over again
Elaborative Rehearsal
Deeper processing of material, for example, considering it’s meaning.

Structure and Process

STM is not just one store

LTM is not just one store

Lots of evidences supports separate stories

Are STM and LTM separate?

MSM has clear predictions which encourage empirical testing.