Short-term memory and long-term memory are still different

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ID4424253
AutoresDennis Norris (0000-0001-9257-317X)
Ano2017
Volume143
Fascículo9
Páginas992-1009
Data de publicação2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/bul0000108
PMID28530428
OpenAlexW2619402516
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas2

A commonly expressed view is that short-term memory (STM) is nothing more than activated long-term memory. If true, this would overturn a central tenet of cognitive psychology-the idea that there are functionally and neurobiologically distinct short- and long-term stores. Here I present an updated case for a separation between short- and long-term stores, focusing on the computational demands placed on any STM system. STM must support memory for previously unencountered information, the storage of multiple tokens of the same type, and variable binding. None of these can be achieved simply by activating long-term memory. For example, even a simple sequence of digits such as "1, 3, 1" where there are 2 tokens of the digit "1" cannot be stored in the correct order simply by activating the representations of the digits "1" and "3" in LTM. I also review recent neuroimaging data that has been presented as evidence that STM is activated LTM and show that these data are exactly what one would expect to see based on a conventional 2-store view. (PsycINFO Database Record

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Episodic memory · Long-term memory · Short-term memory · Term (time · Working memory · Computer Science · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development