PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anterograde Amnesia, Implicit Memory, Sensory Memory
16 Mar 2016
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Had most of his hippocampus and surrounding brain tissue removed. Operation successful, but could no longer form new memories. Able to learn and perform new tasks, even with no memory of the task i. e. mirror trace task (how many times does he go outside of the lines) Processes that allow us to record and retrieve experiences and info. Atikinson-shiffron model of memory: first model of memory, assumes memory is a multistage process in which info flows along 3 separate and interacting memory stores. Info picked up by our senses and enters sensory memory. Sends this info onto stm for rehearsal and further processing. Studied by sperling: grid of letters flashes on screen, participant recites as many letters as they can. Grid flashes again, a tone plays, and participants recite as many letters as they can recall. Relationships between sensory memory and attention is obvious with a phenomenon called change blindness.
