Memory Flow.

By Karen Herfurth

What is Sensory Input?

• • Sensory Input receives information through our five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch). Examples of Sensory stimuli are letters, numbers, words, pictures, and sounds.

Short term memory and ways to strengthen it.

• • • Short term memory has to do with your attention and how sometimes you feel like it is a one way street and there is too much information coming in. Here are ways to strengthen your short term memory.

1. Pay attention to the incoming sensory input.

Short-Term Memory and was to strengthen it continued.

• • • • 2. Limit the number of items and the speed with which you take in the stimuli. For example talking/texting on your cell phone while you are driving.

3. Make it your intention to learn.

4. Find meaning or sacrifice in the incoming information.

5. Show or create an interest in the information you are trying to process into your memory.

Strengthening short term memory continued.

• 6. Remove any stress or negative feelings as much as possible.

The Rehearsal Path.

• It is an active path where practice, comprehension, and learning takes place.

Feedback Loop.

• • Is the quick path back to the short-term memory. If you do not know or understand the information this is where it is stored.

Quiz yourself for example using flash cards.

Long-Term Retrieval Path.

• • This is where new information is stored and memory can be located when it is needed. Long term memory often stores it in clusters of related information called schemas.

Output.

• Is the result that learning has taken place. Output occurs when each part of the information processing model functions effectively.

Memory flow chart.

Sensory Input Short Term Memory Feedback Loop Rehearsal Path Long-Term Memory Output