scholarly journals The retrieval of positive and negative information from short-term memory storage for use in a concept-identification task

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Winnick ◽  
E. James Archer
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Concept Identification ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Identification Task ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

Information-Transmission Method for Expressing Short-Term Memory Span as Channel Capacity

1976 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 491-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Slak
Keyword(s):  
Information Transmission ◽  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Span ◽  
Absolute Judgment ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Transmission Method ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Computational Aspects

A general method, including procedural and computational aspects, for expressing short-term memory span as channel capacity is described. The method is then illustrated on an experiment performed to determine the channel capacity for short-term memory storage of decimal digits of two subjects. Curves representing transmitted information as a function of input information are similar in shape to those obtained in information-transmission experiments on absolute judgment.

scholarly journals An Oscillatory Mechanism for Multi-level Storage in Short-term Memory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Champion ◽  
Olivia Gozel ◽  
Benjamin Lankow ◽  
Bard Ermentrout ◽  
Mark Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Phase Locking ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Oscillatory Activity ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Locking Mechanism ◽  
Oscillatory Mechanism ◽  
Simple Phase

Oscillatory activity is commonly observed during the maintenance of information in short-term memory, but its role remains unclear. Non-oscillatory models of short-term memory storage are able to encode stimulus identity through their spatial patterns of activity, but are typically limited to either an all-or-none representation of stimulus amplitude or exhibit a biologically implausible exact-tuning condition. Here, we demonstrate a simple phase-locking mechanism by which oscillatory input enables a circuit to generate persistent or sequential activity patterns that encode information not only in their location but also in a discrete set of amplitudes.

Short-term memory storage and retention: an event-related brain potential study

1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Ruchkin ◽  
Ray Johnson ◽  
Howard Canoune ◽  
Walter Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Brain Potential ◽  
Potential Study

Use of Long-Term Memory in Impression Formation

1974 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Rywick ◽  
Paul Schave
Keyword(s):  
Impression Formation ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Stimulus Presentation ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Dual Process Theory ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

Based on a dual-process theory of memory, it was hypothesized that the primacy effects often observed in impression-formation studies are due to a reliance on information in long-term, as opposed to short-term, memory storage. Variables which have been shown to affect either long-term or short-term memory were therefore manipulated in two impression-formation experiments. It was found that a delay following stimulus presentation (which reduces short-term memory) had no effect on impressions while inclusion of an irrelevant task during stimulus presentation (which reduces long-term memory) significantly reduced the degree of impression primacy.

Short-term memory: Storage interference or storage decay?

1971 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Michael Levy ◽  
Dennis Jowaisas
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

scholarly journals Contribution of underlying processes to improved visuospatial working memory associated with physical activity

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3430
Author(s):  
Qingchun Ji ◽  
Yingying Wang ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Chenglin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Visuospatial Working Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

Background Working memory is critical for various cognitive processes and can be separated into two stages: short-term memory storage and manipulation processing. Although previous studies have demonstrated that increased physical activity (PA) improves working memory and that males outperform females on visuospatial working memory tasks, few studies have determined the contribution of the two underlying stages to the visuospatial working memory improvement associated with PA. Thus, the aims of the present study were to verify the relationship between physical activity and visuospatial working memory, determine whether one or both stages were affected by PA, and investigate any sex differences. Methods A total of 56 undergraduate students were recruited for this study. Their scores on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) were used to separate them into either a lower PA (n = 26; IPAQ score ≤3,000 metabolic equivalent [MET]-min/week) or higher PA (n = 30; IPAQ score >3,000 MET-min/week) group. Participants were required to complete three tasks: a visuospatial working memory task, a task that examines the short-term memory storage stage, and a mental rotation task that examines the active manipulation stage. Results Participants in the higher PA group maintained similar accuracy but displayed significantly faster reaction times (RT) than those in the lower PA group on the visuospatial working memory and manipulation tasks. By contrast, no difference was observed between groups on the short-term memory storage task. In addition, no effects of sex were detected. Discussion Our results confirm that PA was positively to visuospatial working memory and that this positive relationship was associated with more rapid cognitive processing during the manipulation stage, with little or no relationship between PA and the memory storage stage of visuospatial working memory.

Short Article: Syntax and Serial Recall: How Language Supports Short-Term Memory for Order

2009 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 1285-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Perham ◽  
John E. Marsh ◽  
Dylan M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Serial Recall ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
English Syntax ◽  
Memory For Order

The extent to which familiar syntax supports short-term serial recall of visually presented six-item sequences was shown by the superior recall of lists in which item pairs appeared in the order of “adjective–noun” (items 1–2, 3–4, 5–6)—congruent with English syntax—compared to when the order of items within pairs was reversed. The findings complement other evidence suggesting that short-term memory is an assemblage of language processing and production processes more than it is a bespoke short-term memory storage system.

Assessing listening effort by measuring short-term memory storage and processing of speech in noise

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Rönnberg ◽  
Mary Rudner ◽  
Thomas Lunner ◽  
Stefan Stenfelt
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Listening Effort ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Speech In Noise
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