Memory

Visit San Francisco's Exploratorium's memory exhibit online.

  1. Encoding
    1. Automatic processing
    2. Effortful processing
      1. Rehearsal
        1. Hermann Ebbinghaus

        2. Amount remembered depends on amount of time spent learning
        3. Serial position effect
        4. Von Restorff effect:
      2. Meaning
        1. Self-reference effect
      3. Imagery
        1. Mnemonics
              To learn more mnemonic techniques, visit the Memory Techniques and Mnemonics page at Mind Tools. 
              Read the article, "How to Win the World Memory Championship" at Discover.com
           
          1. Loci
          2. Linking
          3. Peg words
                                                  1-bun        6-sticks
                                                  2-shoe       7-heaven
                                                  3-tree         8-gate
                                                  4-door       9-wine
                                                  5-hive       10-hen
  2. Storage
    1. Short-term (working) memory
    2. Long-term memory
  3. Retrieval
    1. Retrieval Cues
    2.  
      1. Context effects
      2. State-dependent memory
          3.   Mood-congruent memory
    3. Memory construction 

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