PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Anterograde Amnesia, Mnemonist
11 Dec 2013
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The best way to remember something is to think a lot about it. Engaging in deep meaningful thoughts increases the chances of remembering. Relating what you want to remember with existing knowledge. The thinking people do now to allow them to remember something later. Phase 1: people are presented with words and asked one of three types of questions: People were asked to report all the words they answered questions about in phase 1. The probability of recalling graphemic questions was 12%; phonemic questions were 25%; semantic questions were 45%. It is easier to remember bits of information if you related them to one another, rather than treat them as separate. Experiences that stand out in memory are easier to recall. Experiences that you have had thousands of times are harder to remember. The only hope in remembering them later is to somehow make them distinctive from all the others.
