10 Facts About Echoic memory

Echoic memory is the sensory memory that registers specific to auditory information.

The term echoic memory was coined in 1967 by Ulric Neisser to describe this brief representation of acoustic information.

Short-term Echoic memory model proposed by Nelson Cowan attempts to address this problem by describing a verbal sensory Echoic memory input and storage in more detail.

Echoic memory is measured by behavioural tasks where participants are asked to repeat a sequence of tones, words, or syllables that were presented to them, usually requiring attention and motivation.

The amount of time the auditory information is available in Echoic memory is manipulated by the length of the interstimulus interval.

Auditory sensory Echoic memory has been found to be stored in the primary auditory cortex contralateral to the ear of presentation.

Cortical areas in the brain believed to be involved with auditory sensory Echoic memory exhibited by mismatch negativity response have not been localized specifically.

Age-related increases in activation within the neural structures responsible for echoic memory have been observed showing that with age comes increased proficiency in the processing of auditory sensory information.

However this reduced echoic memory is not predictive for language difficulties in adulthood.

Children with deficits in auditory Echoic memory have been shown to have developmental language disorders.