PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Semantic Memory, Episodic Memory, Encephalitis
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Refers to the u-shaped relationship between a word"s position in a list, and its probability of recall. No episodic memory; cannot relive any events of his past i. e. didn"t get upset anymore when he thought about the fact that his brother was dead, couldn"t remember where he was when he found out and the funeral details. Semantic memory intact; can remember general information about the past. Italian woman had encephalitis at age 44. Could remember her birthday party and how she felt, but if you asked her to remember general knowledge (i. e. did italy fight in world war 2) she would have no idea. Could remember what she had done during the day, or what she experienced in the past (episodic memory intact) Results from kc and the italian woman suggest there are different brain regions responsible for the formation and use of episodic and semantic memories. Brain imaging studies agree with this (levine et al. )
