Long-term Memory

Long-term Memory

• General
  • Permanent storage - relatively
  • Unknown capacity
  • It is organized as seen in Free Recall
• Rehearsal
  • Type I or maintenance rehearsal: rote repetition.
  • Type II or elaborative rehearsal: attempt to relate the new material to already learned material.
  • Images
    • forming visual images with item to be remembered can be a very effective way to learn new material.
    • Thought to be due to dual trace, learn both as image and in a verbal format.
    • The use of images forms the basis of most Mnemonics: memory aids, for example the method of loci.

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Rehearsal or practice of material, in most cases some form of rehearsal is necessary for information to move to long-term memory.