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THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY IN OUR LIVES
WORKING MEMORY
SENSORY MEMORY
The Sparkler’s Trail and the Projector’s Shutter
Sperling’s Experiment: Measuring the Capacity and Duration
of the Sensory StoreSHORT-TERM MEMORY
METHOD: RecallWhat Is the Duration of Short-Term Memory?
DEMONSTRATION: Remembering Three Letters
What Is the Capacity of Short-Term Memory?
DEMONSTRATION: Digit Span
DEMONSTRATION: Remembering Letters
How Is Information Coded in Short-Term Memory?
DEMONSTRATION: Recalling Visual Patterns
TEST YOURSELF 5.1
WORKING MEMORY
DEMONSTRATION: Reading Text and Remembering Numbers
The Phonological Loop
DEMONSTRATION: Word Length Effect
DEMONSTRATION: Articulatory Suppression
The Visuospatial Sketch Pad
DEMONSTRATION: Comparing Objects
DEMONSTRATION: Holding a Spatial Stimulus in the Mind
The Central Executive
The Episodic Buffer
TEST YOURSELF 5.2
WORKING MEMORY AND THE BRAIN
The Effect of Damage to the Prefrontal Cortex
Prefrontal Neurons That Hold Information
Brain Activation in Humans
A MORE EFFICIENT WORKING MEMORY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER: THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING
EFFICIENT WORKING MEMORY
METHOD: Reading Span
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