Information+Processing



Sensory memory processes incoming sensory information for short periods of time. The memory for vision is less than half a second and the memory for hearing is about three seconds. Its main purpose is to monitor incoming stimuli and process only the most relevant stimuli at that particular time. This happens too quickly for people to consciously control what they decide is most important. Working memory, or short-term memory, relates to what we are thinking about at any given moment in time. This is also known as out conscious memory. A person pays attention to external stimulus, internal thought, or both. Initially, this will last for about fifteen to twenty seconds. If it is repeated, it will last for about twenty minutes. Long-term memory is also called preconscious and unconscious memory. Unlike sensory memory and working memory, long-term memory is not restricted by the capacity or duration of a person’s attention limitations. Long-term memory is supposed to provide an unlimited repository for all facts and knowledge in a person’s memory. 
 * Information processing ** is the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information. This model is related to the computer model of input, central processing unit, and hard drive storage. A computer codes, stores, uses and retrieves information.
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