PSY372H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Vasoactivity, Cellular Differentiation, Free Recall
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Idt: implications for em: experiment: present different words followed by simple recall test then during maintenance + distraction phase have images overlay words (some that were in original encoding phase) and some not. In recognition tests: compared to ya, oa make fewer correct remember responses, but a similar number of correct. know responses: compared to ya, oa demonstrate impaired source memory judgements (recollection), but not familiarity-based recognition judgements. In aging adults, pfc & hc shrink thus understandable why deficits in inhibition and associative memory. Implicit memory & aging: priming: oas are impaired on stem completion, but not lexical decision tasks or perceptual priming of images, motor skills: oas are impaired on performance (speed), but not acquisition of new skills. Aging & the brain: declining function of the frontal lobes and hc, ventricles expand, frontal lobes seem to shrink more quickly than other brain areas, changes in nt activity.
