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Sensory memory

During every moment of an organism's life, sensory information is being taken in by sensory receptors and processed by the nervous system. Sensory information is stored in sensory memory just long enough to be transferred to short-term memory. Humans have five traditional senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch. Sensory memory (SM) allows individuals…

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Sensory memory

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Avg. degree1.95
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related to Iconic memory · 12
Sensory memory → Another, George Sperling, German, He, Iconic, In, Ján Andrej Segner, One, Participants, Segner, The, These

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memory sm information sensory echoic store iconic proprioceptive visual however limb haptic specific auditory duration capacity role pain receptors stored

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change detectioninstance ofMMN has been used to identify some of the key roles of echoic memory0.80text
language acquisitioninstance ofMMN has been used to identify some of the key roles of echoic memory0.80text
pressureinstance ofSensory receptors all over the body detect sensations0.80text
itchinginstance ofSensory receptors all over the body detect sensations0.80text
and paininstance ofSensory receptors all over the body detect sensations0.80text
consolidation of memory traces or comparison of informationinstance ofRelationship with other memory systemsSM is not involved in higher cognitive functions0.80text
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryThe0.60section
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryIconic0.60section
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryOne0.60section
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryJán Andrej Segner0.60section
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryGerman0.60section
Sensory memoryrelated to Iconic memoryIn0.60section

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