Khan Academy: Information Processing Model: Sensory, Working and Long Term Memory

How does memory work, and how can we recall more? Here is a five-lesson unit that covers the multi-system model of memory, as well as sensory, working, and long-term memory.

The final lecture in a 13-part Crash Course in psychology examines memory, the "chain that connects our past to our present." How the brain works and how we access short-term, long-term memory, and working memory, as well as remembering...

Learn about the information processing model of human memory in this video. [7:33]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Explains and compares the three types of memory in the information processing model, which are sensory, working, and long-term memory. Implications for teaching are also outlined.

Imagine not being able to remember what day it is or what food you had for breakfast this morning. This nightmare was a reality for Henry Molaison, whose life story is the focus of this video...

Discusses the different models of information processing and the basic principles accepted in cognitive psychology. Outlines the different types of memory, and the principles of concept formation. Also provides a table listing examples...

Who is Salman Khan? That is the first question learners will answer after reading a New York Times article about the online math and science educator. They'll read the article and respond to eight questions that ask, who, what, when,...

This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses formal and informal powers of the US President . This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government...

This study resource will help learners understand, and create, graphs that are critical skills in macroeconomics. This article reviews the market model. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a...

Find out how many people get hospitalized and die from the flu each year, and learn how we can use the internet, and Google, to keep tabs on the flu. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.