PSYO 1011 Lecture 18: Multiple Types of Memory

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1011
• Professor: Leanne Stevens,Shelley Adamo,Kevin Duffy,Jennifer Stamp

Document Summary

Patient h. m: probably most famous case study in psych/neuroscience, died in 2008 and donated his brain to science, when he was younger, he sustained a brain injury, because of this he had severe surgeries. Sensory memory in action: you are bombarded with stimuli constantly. Three-stage model of memory (attkinson-shiffrin model: sensory memory sensory memory short-term memory long-term. 3: retrieval can bring it back into our conscious memory. Memory stores: sensory memory, large capacity, short duration, working (short-term) memory, small capacity, short duration, long-term memory, very high capacity, long duration, you can store a lifetime of explicit and implicit memories here. In order to remember something you need to rehearse it. If you want to remember stuff it is better to use both of these symptoms: managed by central executive, executive function the ability to move tasks around at the same time, connected to processes, attending, storing, rehearsing. Ex: fredericton is the capital of new brunswick: episodic.