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Memory used for information that only needs to be stored for a short time
Short-term memory is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short interval. For example, short-term memory holds a phone number that has just been recited. The duration of short-term memory is estimated to be on the order of seconds. The commonly cited capacity of 7 items, found in Miller's law, has been superseded by 3-5 items. In contrast, long-term memory holds information indefinitely. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Short-term memoryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Human Short Long-Term Cognitive Memory Mechanism for Visual Monitoring in IoT-Assisted Smart CitiesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Short-Term Visual Information Forgetting (PLE: Memory)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Binding in short-term visual memory.Cited 697 times
- Go sideways: Serial-position effectA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Long-term memoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Binding in short-term visual memory.
Attention gating in short-term visual memory.
Organization of visual short-term memory.
Interference with visual short-term memory
Stimulus-specific mechanisms of visual short-term memory
Insensitivity of visual short-term memory to irrelevant visual information
Reaction time and short-term visual memory
Manipulations of attention dissociate fragile visual short-term memory from visual working memory
🆕 Influential since 2022
Human Short Long-Term Cognitive Memory Mechanism for Visual Monitoring in IoT-Assisted Smart Cities
Vividness of visual imagery questionnaire scores and their relationship to visual short-term memory performance
The medial temporal lobe supports the quality of visual short-term memory representation
Prefrontal and Medial Temporal Lobe Cortical Contributions to Visual Short-Term Memory
Severe distortion in the representation of foveal visual image locations in short-term memory
📚 Books worth reading
Short-Term Visual Information Forgetting (PLE: Memory)A. H. C. van der Heijden · 2014
Fleeting MemoriesVeronika Coltheart · 1999- 📕Visual short-term memory in retarded and normal childrenThomas P Mahoney · 1984
- 📕The role of visual imagery in the short-term retention of distance and location cuesLynn Dale Housner · 1979
- 📕The role of visual-spatial ability and working memory in image guided simulator performancePehr Andersson · 2007
An investigation of visual short-term memory in grade three achieving and non-achieving readersIris Woychuk · 1973- 📕Verarbeitung von simultan und sukzessiv dargebotenem Material im visuellen Kurzzeitgedächtnis GehörloserGerhard Büttner · 1992
Visuo-spatial working memoryRobert H Logie · 1995
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🔗 Related topics
- Serial-position effect Serial-position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst. The term was coined…
- Long-term memory Long-term memory (LTM) is the stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model in which informative knowledge is held indefinitely. It is defined in contrast…
- Baddeley's model of working memory Baddeley's model of working memory is a model of human memory proposed by Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch in 1974, in an attempt to present a more accurate…
- Working memory Working memory is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily. It is important for reasoning and the guidance of decision-m…
- Chunking (psychology) In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which small individual pieces of a set of information are bound together to create a meaningful whole…
- Decay theory The Decay theory is a theory that proposes that memory fades due to the mere passage of time. Information is therefore less available for later retrieval…
- Nelson Cowan Nelson Cowan is the Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri. He specializes in working memory…
- Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model The Atkinson–Shiffrin model (also known as the multi-store model or modal model) is a model of memory proposed in 1968 by Richard Atkinson and Richard…