PSYC33H3 Lecture 2: Week 2.docx
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Memory link program: moderate to severe memory impairment. Memory: remember an event from your last vacation, what did you receive for your birthday last year, can you remember the names of 3 friends from your elementary school, what is the capital of canada? (without looking!) What is the letter to the left of v on your keyboard: last example is procedural memory, first two episodic memory (autobiographical memory, third semantic (fact) Older adults may have a decline in episodic memory but hold onto semantic. Application of multiple memory systems theory to intervention. If one memory system is damaged, other preserved systems can be tapped to support new learning (mateer & sohlberg, 1989, 2001: episodic memory is often the most damaged. It is usually what is damaged in injury. Development of learning techniques which capitalize on preserved memory abilities. Permanent and severe disruption of memory (most commonly episodic memory) In classic (focal) amnesia other cognitive abilities can be preserved:
