PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Herpesviridae, Basal Ganglia, Clive Wearing
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Recognition: ability to identify items from memory. Group small bits of information into larger units of information. Being tested (self or in the classroom) leads to better recall. Pathway of neural activation creates a stored memory. Hold a limited amount of info (7 +/- 2) Can hold billions of pieces of information. Cerebellum and basal ganglia (liked to thalamus) Where/when did you meet your best friend. Lost the ability to transfer short-term memories to long-term. We are better at remembering when tested in the same context as we learned something. What we learn in one mental-state is more easily recalled in that same mental- state. Pushing painful memories or unacceptable memories into our unconscious mind. Traumatic experiences tend to produce stronger memories not repress them. Memories retrieved from ltm become active in or working memory, and then are subject to being restored with any additional information thought of while recalling that memory.
