PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Autobiographical Memory, Thalamus, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Method of loci: method of memory enhancement that uses visual information to organize and recall information. Items are remembers based on association with specific locations and a mental walk is established, moving from one memory/location to the next. An orator giving a speech from memory would put the key elements into his. Memory palace and then simply walk through it to hit each point or bring out each piece of evidence in turn. Photographic memory: data recording in a persons mind from a very young age, the inability to forget, it is called superior autobiographical memory. Treasure house: memories come through the gates of the senses and are stored in a treasure house with corridors and rooms for different classes or memories- images with images, smells with smells. Mechanical piano: memory replays information laid down at an earlier time. Photograph: a memory is faithfully register information on light-sensitive film.