PSYC3315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Slow-Wave Sleep, Synapse
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Temporal distinctiveness theory: alternative model; single principle, distinctiveness in memory. Unique / distinctive stimuli are easier to rmb: distinctively pronounced lists rmbed extremely well (+25%) Pronouncing denial, glove, comb regularly: temporal distinctiveness based on idea that memories are organized in terms of their time of acquisition (psychological time, memories can be retrieved wrt a time dimension. Along temporal dimension where ipi = inter-presentation interval; ri = retention interval: time is a log-transformed in our head. Events further back in time appear closer tgt: eg. A, b & c: recall of an item. Success of recall depends on temporal isolation: e easier to recall than b (less time elapsed + less compression, less distinctive items harder to retrieve, temporal crowding impairs retrieval. Increasing time b/w study items (ipi) >> delayed condition looks like immediate recall. Scale invariance: 200m to closest item, items 500m apart. 200/500 (ipi/rt: 20m to closest item, items 50m apart.
