TABLE 7.1 > Short-Term and Long-Term Memory
Short-Term MemoryLong-Term Memory
Stores information for about 15 to 30 secondsCan handle from five to nine chunks of information at one timeInformation either forgotten or moved to long-term memoryStores information for hours to yearsCan be described in three ways:

  • Procedural—remembering how to do something

  • Semantic—remembering facts and meanings

  • Episodic—remembering events, including their time and place