PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Procedural Memory, Long-Term Memory, Brain Injury
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Sensory memory is very short (perhaps only 6-8 seconds) Capacity is much larger, and able to store lots of information in little time. Phonological loop: internal dialogue (talking, or thinking to one"s self) Central executive: gives out mental resources, determined by what is most important. Activity can be determined by number of signals sent. Cooling of the prefrontal cortex slows the response (worsens memory) Dopamine infusions into the prefrontal cortex increases performance. Rundus (1971) believed rehearsal was better for memory. Long-term memory: permanent store of knowledge that can be accessed at will. Activation of long term memory placed in work memory for conscious consideration. Improving retrieval: state dependant retrieval, transfer appropriate processing. If memories are not encoded well enough, it is more likely to be forgotten. Retrieval, long term memory, working memory may also fail. Declarative/explicit memory: memory that one is conscious of. Episodic memory: small chunk of time that one has memories of.
