1/25/2017

Sensory Memory



Sensory memory is the first stage of memory,  Its purpose is to give your brain time to process the incoming information.  Sensory memory is not consciously controlled.
Processes information gathered through your five senses.  It holds information for an extremely brief period of time (less than a second)  after the original stimulus has stopped.
Basically,  sensory memory allows you to see the world as an unbroken chain of events,  rather than as individual pieces.





Ø  Types of sensory memory
v  Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory that holds the mental representation of your visual stimuli. 






v  Echoic memory is the auditory sensory memory that hold information that you hear. 






v  Haptic memory is the tactile sensory memory that holds information from your sense of feeling.












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