PSYC 221 Lecture 6: Lesson 6 Long Term Memory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Richard Wright

Document Summary

Part 1: transfer from short term to long term memory. Input -> short term memory (rehearsal) --> long-term memory. Disruptions from short term to long term memories. Hm head injury -> severe epilepsy, medication wasn"t effective, psychosurgery removed part of amygdala, temporal lobe, and hippocampus, couldn"t make new memories. Muscle memory hm can"t remember he did the mirror tracing, but he will do better than the day before. Because their motor memory is still intact, amnesics can sometimes phone home. The study of hm showed that: memory is not evenly distributed throughout the brain. Anterograde amnesia: forgets what happens after incident that led to amnesia. Retrograde amnesia: forgets what happens before incident that led to amnesia. ): had retrograde amnesia after a ski accident before he became a professor, but memory came back to him. Clive wearing - british conductor and musician lost his memory after being stricken with herpes encephalitis. Still able to read music and play the piano.