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Date Posted: 05:57:05 01/21/13 Mon

This is a great analogy to help understand the difference between working/ short and longterm memory. I found it really helpful to think of it as a picture...you can then see where the blanks need filling in!

Short and long term memory:

working or immediate memory could be compared to a field with no fences at all. Information (sheep from field) is free to escape and research shows that data can escape within 2 seconds without adequate help.
Short term memory could then be compared to a small field with a fence, but the fence has a couple of gaps and the door is open, ie unless effort is made to keep that information ,it will be lost.
Thirdly long term memory could be compared to a well build fence around the field and this information is retained.
(from a seminar by Neil Diamond)

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