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Cognitive Psychology · Spring
Week 4 · Memory
Lecture 4 — Memory systems.pptx
Slides · 32
Reading — Chapter 6.pdf
PDF · 28 pages
Recap after lecture
Voice · 2:14 · transcribed
Whiteboard — model diagram.jpg
Image · OCR
My notes — week 4
Note
Where things stand
Definition [Encoding]: Turning perception into a memory trace.
Definition [Consolidation]: Stabilising a trace over time, partly during sleep.
Goal [Exam]: Be able to compare the two models on slide 18.
The answer is in week 4. Somewhere.
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How it works, step by step.
Step 1
One Space per course
About SpacesCreate a Space for each course or module. Drop in slide decks, PDFs, Word files and spreadsheets; Thread extracts the text locally — slide numbers for decks, page numbers for PDFs.
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Lecture 5 — Forgetting.pptx
Slides · 28
- Text extracted by page
Reading — Chapter 7.pdf
PDF · 31 pages
Step 2
Capture during and after the lecture
How voice notes workType notes, photograph the whiteboard — local OCR reads the text — and record a short voice recap on the way out. The recap is transcribed in your browser and becomes searchable with everything else.
Recap after lecture · transcript
- 00:12Main point today: encoding and consolidation are different stages.
- 01:20She said the exam focuses on consolidation.
- 01:48Re-read chapter 6 before Thursday.
Step 3
Write definitions as you learn them
Memory syntaxStart a line with Definition, Fact or Goal and a topic in brackets. They collect in the course’s “where things stand”, each linked to the note you wrote it in — a glossary that builds itself.
Definition [Working memory]: Limited-capacity store for active processing.
Fact [Miller 1956]: Classic estimate: about seven items.
Current · your correctionDefinition [Working memory]: Correction: about four chunks in current models.
Step 4
Find it in seconds at revision time
How search worksSearch across the course — or everything — by any word on any slide, page, photo or recording. It works offline, so the library or the train is fine.
serial position
Lecture 4 — Memory systems
Slide 21
The serial position curve: primacy and recency
Reading — Chapter 6
PDF · page 151
…the serial position effect disappears when…
Whiteboard — model diagram
Image · OCR
serial pos. → STM / LTM
Ask what you studied. See where it came from.
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Ask · Cognitive Psychology
Encoding is how information is first taken in; consolidation is the later stabilisation of that memory, partly during sleep. In your lecture recap you noted that the exam focuses on consolidation.
Source 1 of 3
Lecture 4 — Memory systems
Slides · slide 12
Encoding: transforming perceptual input into a memory trace (attention is required).
Open slide 12
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