PSY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Implicit Memory, Basal Ganglia, Semantic Network
15 Apr 2016
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Information processing model view of memory suggesting that information moves among three memory stores during encoding, storage and retrieval. Working memory/ stm holds information temporarily for analysis: duration: up to 30 seconds without rehearsal. Classical conditioning of fear amygdala: conditioned responses ch5. Procedural memory basal ganglia, substania nigra, cerebellum: damage = huntington"s disease & parkinson"s disease, motor skills and habits. Priming cerebral cortex: exposure to information in the past influences what you do in the present. Explicit memory: conscious, intentional recollection of events of an item of information. Episodic collection of past personal experiences occurring at a particular time/place. Semantic network of facts and concepts making up our general knowledge of world. The story of h. m: h. m. underwent surgery that removed the hippocampus and much of the surrounding medial temporal lobes. After, he could not form new explicit memories, could not remember people he met after the surgery.
