PSY372H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frontotemporal Dementia, Neuropsychological Test, Flashbulb Memory
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What is consistently found in cueing experiments: how do we quantify abm, define conway"s theory of abm, what flashbulb memories and why are they so (or not so) special) Abm: autobiographical memory: memory for events, situations, and other knowledge about one"s life that spans a person"s entire life. It is not a separate discrete neurocognitive memory system it encompasses multiple processes: there are certain pros of abm research; Its naturalistic expression of human memory as it occurs in our day-to-day live which means high ecological validity: forms the fabric of our sense of self, con of abm lack of experimental control. Measuring abm: diary studies, pros: allows scientist to verify the accuracy of recall, control over remoteness, and experimental control, provides cues to help reinstate memory later, events that are more salient are remembered better. Quantifying abm: using autobiographical interview we can quantify different aspects of abm, internal (episodic) details: Event details, location, time, perception, emotion/thoughts: external details:
