AUPSY 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sensory Memory, Brain Damage, Working Memory

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Psychology
• Course: AUPSY 263
• Professor: Kathie Bailey

Document Summary

Brain damage due to a virus one of the most famous cases of brain damage in the world. Lost memory abilities, but always recognizes his wife & is still able to play music. Doesn"t think he has played memory since the accident, but he just doesn"t remember it. Only has 7 second memory before mind goes blank. Can play and respond to music because his innate abilities were not damaged by the virus. Acquisition the process of gathering info and placing it in memory. Storage maintaining the info until you need it. Retrieval locating that info when it comes time that you need it. New learning is grounded in previously learned (stored) knowledge. Always learning new material, but you also have things you that you know previously that you can bring to the table and connect to the new knowledge. Effective learning depends on how the information will be later retrieved.