PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Sperling, Sensory Memory, Nmda Receptor
23 Sep 2017
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Memory is the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge. It enables organisms to take information from experiences and store it for use later on. > the information and memories we store and retrieve are biased, incomplete and distorted. The information processing model: can be compared to a how a computer works: encoding: occurs during learning. Processing of information so it can be stored. Reading a book or typing information on a keyboard: storage: retention of the newly coded/processed information. The change in the nervous system registers the new experience, changing the brain and make new synapses = consolidation : retrieval: act of recalling or remembering stored information when it is needed. Long-term potentiation: strengthening of a synaptic connection, making the postsynaptic neutrons more easily activated. > researchers stimulate one neuron with electrical pulse leading to a certain amount of ring in second neuron.
