Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model: Difference between revisions

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# a ''[[#Sensory register|sensory register]]'', where sensory information enters memory,

# a ''[[#Short-term store|short-term store]]'', also called ''working memory'' or ''short-term memory'', which receives and holds input from both the sensory register and the long-term store, and

# a ''[[#Long-term store|long-term store]]'', where information which has been rehearsed (explained below) in the short-term memorystore is veryheld important for the brainindefinitely.

Since its first publication this model has come under much scrutiny and has been criticized for various reasons (described below). However, it is notable for the significant influence it had in stimulating subsequent memory research.

==Summary==

[[File:Multistore model.png|thumb|327px|right|'''Multi-store model''': Atkinson and Shiffrin's (1968) original model of memory, consisting of the sensory register, short-term store, and long-term store.]]

dADDY I MISS HIM" AN EXAMPLE OF THIS MEMORY COMPONENT. The modal model of memories is an explanation of how memory processes work. The three-part multi-store model was first described by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968,<ref name=AtkinsonShiffrin1968 /> though the idea of distinct memory stores was by no means a new idea at the time. [[William James]] described a distinction between primary and secondary memory in 1890, where primary memory consisted of thoughts held for a short time in consciousness and secondary memory consisted of a permanent, unconscious store.<ref name=James1890 /> However, at the time the [[Occam's razor|parsimony]] of separate memory stores was a contested notion. A summary of the evidence given for the distinction between long-term and short-term stores is given [[#Evidence for distinct stores|below]]. Additionally, Atkinson and Shiffrin included a sensory register alongside the previously theorized primary and secondary memory, as well as a variety of control processes which regulate the transfer of memory.

Following its first publication, multiple extensions of the model have been put forth such as a precategorical acoustic store,<ref name=CrowderMorton1969 /> the search of associative memory model,<ref name=RaaijmakersShiffrin1981 /><ref name=ShiffrinRaaijmakers1992/> the perturbation model,<ref name=Estes1972 /><ref name=Lee1992 /> and permastore.<ref name=Bahrick1984 /> Additionally, alternative frameworks have been proposed, such as procedural reinstatement,<ref name=HealyEtAl1992 /> a distinctiveness model,<ref name=NeathCrowder1990 /> and [[Baddeley's model of working memory|Baddeley and Hitch's model of working memory]],<ref name=BaddeleyHitch1974 /> among others.