Lecture 3

Human Computer Interaction

COMSATS UNVIERSITY ISLAMABAD WAH CAMPUS
In the Last Lecture

Human Phycology
Human Information System

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In today’s Lecture

Human Memory
Short Term Memory
Long Term Memory
Sensory Memory

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Human Memory

The ability to learn and recall

Three stages of formation and retrieval of memory
◦ Encoding
◦ Storing
◦ Retrieval

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Memory Types

Sensory Memory
Short Term Memory
Long Term Memory

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Memory Types

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Sensory Memory

Buffered memory
Constantly overwritten by new information
Depends on the stimuli coming into our senses
Response time < 1 sec

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Types of Sensory Memory

Sensory memory for each channel

Iconic memory (visual stimuli)
Echoic memory (aural stimuli)
Haptic memory (touch stimuli)

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Short Term Memory
Working memory
Limited capacity
Scratch pad for temporary recall of information
Access Time < 200ms
Store intermediate stages of information
◦ Multiplication in mind
◦ Reading a passage
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Long Term Memory
Main resource
Long term storage of information
Contains factual information, experimental knowledge
In fact – everything we know
Access Time < 10th of a second

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Types of Long Term Memory

Episodic memory
◦represents our memory of events and experiences in
a serial form
Semantic memory
◦a structured record of facts, concepts and skills that
we have acquired

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Semantic Memory

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Summary of Memory Types
Sensory Memory
◦ Buffered memory
◦ Depends on the stimuli coming into our senses
Short term Memory
◦ Working memory
◦ Scratch pad for holding chunks of information
Long term Memory
◦ Main memory
◦ Long term storage of information
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STM Improvements
Use Miller’s 7 ± 2 Rule
Chunk the information
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Information Organization
HEC ATR ANU PTH ETR EET
Recency Effect
easier to recall the last thing

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Loss of Memory

Forgetfulness
Amnesia

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In the Next Lecture

Human Thinking Process

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