PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Memory Consolidation, Basal Ganglia, Long-Term Memory
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12:08 am: the fact that memories are stored in a interconnected fashion leads to false memories. Interconnections between memories can lead to false memories. Evidence of memory: recalling info, recognizing it, relearning it more easily on a later attempt. Ebbinghaus found that the more times he practiced a list of nonsense syllables on day 1, the less time he required to relearn it on day 2. Speed of relearning is one measure of memory retention (from baddeley, 1982. ) Views memories as products of interconnected neural networks. We first record to-be-remembered information as a fleeting sensory memory. From there, we process information into short-term memory, where we encode it through rehearsal. Finally, information moves into long-term memory for later retrieval. Explicit memories (declarative memories) of conscious facts and experiences encoded through conscious, effortful processing. Implicit memories (nondeclarative memories) that form through automatic processes and bypass conscious encoding track. Takes muscle movement rather than hippocampus and frontal lobes.
