PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Anterograde Amnesia, Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Eric Legge

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Psych 104 lecture #30 memory pt. Loss of ability to assimilate or retain new knowledge (in stm but never. Progressive brain disorder: most common cause of brain disorder (65+, due to genes (only 5-10% accounted, apoe. Forgetfulness, poor judgement, confusion and disorientation: attacks subcortical temporal lobe and hippocampus. Abnormal amount of plaques and tangles: plaques: clumps of protein, tangles: fibres get twisted and wound together with neurons. Wm and ltm will worsen (all types of memory in general) Memory loss of early childhood memories: typically for events before ages 3-4. Memories of past events: prospective memory. Constructive processes: sometimes, people may construct their memories based on. Rose glasses : bartlett"s war of ghosts experiment. English residents read a pacific northwest indian tale. The longer tee time interval between the reading and retelling of the story, the more the story changed to fit the english culture: analogy: square peg into round hole.