Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0634 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Visual Encoding
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The idea
Visual encoding stores information as images.
In practice
Remembering the layout of a childhood kitchen relies on visual encoding rather than on verbal description.
Where people slip
Concrete words are recalled better than abstract ones partly because they can be encoded twice.
Your place on the trail
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