PSYB55H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sensory Memory, Blackboard, Cognitive Model
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These repr"ns may be related to info that has just been activated from long-term memory or something recently experienced. Repr"ns in working memory guide behaviour in the present, constituting what has been called the blackboard of the mind long-term memory: the retention of info over the long term, from hours to days and years. Researchers divide learning + memory into 3 major processing stages: encoding, acquisition, consolidation, storage, retrieval. Learning is the process of acquiring new info, the outcome of which is memory. Learning and memory have many stages, including encoding (acquisition and consolidation), storage, and retrieval. What is known as the medial temporal lobe memory system is made up of the hippocampus and the surr"ng rhinal and parahippocampal cortices. Other areas inv"d w/ mem, incl the prefrontal cortex, the parietal cortex, and subcortical struct"s. Anterograde amnesia is the loss of the ability to form new mem"s as in the case of.
