Short-term Memory
This would include at least three processes: Short-term memory; Long-term memory; and the conversion of information from Short-term to Long-term memory.
(Check the notes for further discussion on memory processes and the types of memory).
Short-term memory is of particular importance in the auditory modality, where the stimulus doesn't hang around very long. Speech, for
example, as we discussed earlier, is a discursive stimulus--strung out in time.
It is impossible to have a Gestalt experience of a single spoken sentence. Unlike a picture, the stimulus for the beginning of sentence is gone before half of the first phrase is expressed.
Yet we need the whole sentence to understand the significance of the individual words.
NOTES: Some more information on Short-term Memory
NOTES: Still more information on Short-term memory.