PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mental Rotation, Brain Damage, Voxel

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO258
• Professor: Weimin Mou

Document Summary

To introduce the different types of memory; describing the properties of each type and the mechanisms responsible for them. Is the process involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Is active any time some past experience has an effort on the way you think or behave now or in the future. Responsible for storing information for long-periods of time- which can extend from minutes to a lifetime. Long-term memories of experiences from the past. A type of long-term memory that involves muscle coordination. Example: the ability to ride a bicycle. A type of long-term memory for facts. Example: remembering the address or a birthday . Models of how the mind works are central to a great deal of research in cognitive psychology. Proposed control processes: the dynamic processes a person can use to control structural features depending on he task.