Short Term Memory

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion3

Conclusions7

References8

Short Term Memory

Introduction

Short term memory is a constituent of the memory storage system which can store memories for a short period of time. To an extent it finds out how fine the rest of an individual's intelligences are actually utilized. The short term memory of an individual can hold 7, plus or minus 2, "chunks" of information at a time. If short term memory attempts to get hold of more items than it can cope with, then often the middle items will be disturbed. Items remain for around 20 seconds in the short term memory (Gegenfurtner & Sperling, 1993). Considerable facts exist to support a broad dependency of interpretation upon the capacity of short term memory. The longer information is stocked up in short term memory the simpler it is to control information required in the implementation of intricate cognitive tasks.

Discussion

Short Term Memory plays a very important role in our daily lives. Since there are lots of names, dates, and deadlines to memorize. How do we keep in mind all of them? Where does that information go? As everybody knows memory plays a significant part in learning as well. Intelligence is primarily rooted in memory. Learning denotes a change that brings about a system to act in a different way on the foundation of what is enclosed within it. The memories of human beings are continuously varying. Therefore to realize how we learn, it is essential to learn how we stock up information (Woodman & Chun, 2006).

Memory is the preservation of information and how an individual takes back information. Memory is indispensable for intelligent behavior. With no memory, learning would be impracticable. Generally memories are created by chemical variations in the pathways in the mind and the nerve cells that are concerned with the memory procedure. The brain parts that are involved with the procedure of memory are the thalamus, cortex, and hippocampus. Every time an individual learns something latest, new paths are formed. There are basically two types of memory which are factual memory and motor-skill memory. The motor-skill memory apparently refers to keeping in mind how to run, walk etc. whereas the factual memory denotes to keeping in mind the names, telephone numbers and different places, etc. There are three stages of memory where the input passes through; long-term memory, short-term memory, and sensory memory. The sensory memory soaks up things happening around you.

Sensory memory denotes to the input that is received through the five senses of humans (eyes, nose, ear, touch and taste). Information is stored here for a short instant. If the information acquires concentration, it gets forwarded to the short-term memory (Nikolic & Singer, 2007). On the other hand, if the information does not acquire concentration, then the information is unnoticed. The short-term memory is a place where information gets forwarded to later than the sensory memory. Therefore, the short term memory is referred to as the working memory as well.

The STM or short term memory has a restricted capacity ...