Short Term Memory Concept Paper

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Short Term Memory         Imagine this, you have a huge test today and you forgot to study. When you realize that you need to study you try cramming your brain with your notes and information so that you will remember them when the test comes. Well, as soon as the test hits the table you blank out. Many of us have been there and can relate this to this due to the small capacity of your short- term memory.         Short-term memory is memory for recent events that doesn't last long (about 15-30 seconds). This is the part of the memory that remembers what was said two minutes earlier, or whether someone ...

... seconds, but only by saying it over and over again in your head. This is called "rote rehearsal" or "maintenance rehearsal." Rote rehearsal or maintenance rehearsal can help you to keep information in short term memory for more than 30 seconds. However, if anything happens to interrupt your rote rehearsal, the information will be lost unless you have already succeeded in moving the information into long term memory. You can probably think of real life examples where this has happened: you were trying to keep a telephone number in your head, but someone interrupted your thoughts, and you lost the number forever.         Now that you know

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