Memory

The Phenomenon of Memory

Studying Memory: Information-Processing Models

Encoding: Getting Information In

How We Encode

What We Encode

Storage: Retaining Information

Sensory Memory

Working/Short-Term Memory

Long-Term Memory

Storing Memories in the Brain

Retrieval: Getting Information Out

Retrieval Cues

Forgetting

Encoding Failure

Storage Decay

Retrieval Failure

CLOSE-UP: Retrieving Passwords

Memory Construction

Misinformation and Imagination Effects

Source Amnesia

Discerning True and False Memories

Children’s Eyewitness Recall

Repressed or Constructed Memories of Abuse?

Improving Memory