PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Explicit Memory
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There is another critical step between (cid:498)encoding(cid:499) information, and that information being robustly stored in working memory a step called. Most people link this to sleep it seems like there is a process that happens. Consolidation seems to happen within hours of the experience it restructures the idea so you can remember the experience better however it is interrupted then it will not be remembered as well after the experience. Sleep: for certain kinds of memory, deep sleep seems very critical and so we think deep sleep is important for consolidating conscious memory. Explicit, declarative memory and specifically the difference between episodic vs. semantic memory. When specific bits of information are encountered across repeated (and. We often think of memory as something that happens at the end of a process. Classroom: when you come into some place and recognize it as a classroom you suddenly evoke the schema of a classroom and know what to do.
