PSYC1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Autobiographical Memory, Elizabeth Loftus, Spatial Memory
23 Aug 2018
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Memory - the encoding, storing and retrieving of information from the past: a paradox. It was the encoding strategies they were using. Hippocampus: heavily involved in forming new memories, critical for spatial memory and navigation, very plastic: it changes with experience, london taxi drivers with years of experience had a larger hippocampus than normal. Memory palace method method of loci: chunking, adult chess novices had better overall memory than child experts, the child experts had better memory for chess configurations. Connect study material to yourself and your life self reference effect. Loftus and palmer - 1974: people watched a movie of a car accident, were asked to guess the speed when the cars hit each other or when they. Smashed into each other: estimated higher speeds when the word smashed" was used. Source monitoring: we take in information from many different sources, external source monitoring, distinguishing between external sources.
