Talk:Sensory memory

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This entry and Iconic memory should probably be merged. patrickw 01:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * That is not clear (or obvious) to me. Sensory memory is more general than iconic memory.  But you are correct in noting this page is mostly redundant to that page.  I recommend a hierarchy with sensory memory on top and pages on iconic and echoic memory below it. 128.200.46.67 (talk) 23:13, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

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What is that? That should not be there.
Forgive me but when I came to this Wikipedia article I was instantly thrown out of my chair by the horrifying composite photo representing the five general human senses. Please at least choose a less unsettling photo, if not one that is more meaningful and has a frame and caption. 98.26.81.41 (talk) 23:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Sparkler
A common demonstration of SM is a child's ability to write letters and make circles by twirling a sparkler at night. When the sparkler is spun fast enough, it appears to leave a trail which forms a continuous image. This "light trail" is the image that is represented in the visual sensory store known as iconic memory.

It is my understanding (and personal experience) that the sparkler trails are caused by the afterimage effect - so, a retinal phenomenon, not one based on memory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dranorter (talk • contribs) 21:12, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Propriceptive Memory
I've added a section on proprioceptive memory. My first paragraph fits well with the existing article, but the second concept I encountered, namely long-term proprioceptive memory, is more a coincidence of terminology. The matter is made more complex by the connection with tinnitus; the model of phantom-limb pain and of tinnitus explored there is a long-term effect occurring within a short-term memory store. Additionally, it should be noted that the cited studies on anesthetized patients point toward a proprioceptive memory which lasts five minutes or more, and the authors were unsure whether there was a difference in mechanism between the anesthetization phantoms and the more famous amputation phantoms. So the primary literature contains a definite blurriness between the shorter-term and longer-term phenomena.

I wanted to note that there's a potential connection between the Anderson-Barnes theory, and certain theories of athletic stretching. Stretching is a controversial topic, but one explanation of stretching is that its main effects take place on our mental models of our joints. Carefully moving a joint prior to a workout provides direct evidence of how far it can be moved without pain, which calibrates subconscious models used during the actual workout. Thus, for example, stretching increases the risk of hyperextending a joint, or of eventually becoming hypermobile, because we feel looser and more willing to extend joints. (One might elaborate, saying the slow, safe stretching provides more-or-less misleading evidence.) This "mental model" which is affected by athletic stretching seems functionally the same as the Anderson-Barnes theory when it comes to hyperextending joints. The activity of stretching, and its effects on this model, line up with the short-term changeability pointed at in some parts of the Anderson-Barnes paper. (Other parts of the paper seem to suggest the memory store takes a long time to change.) Anyway, I don't have a good citation for the specific theory of stretching I'm talking about, nor a good citation for the connection.

Dranorter (talk) 23:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Olfactory memory
Olfactory memory is not mentioned in this article. Is it not a form of sensory memory? Jarble (talk) 21:12, 9 December 2021 (UTC)