PSY100H1 Lecture : PSY100 Lecture #5
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Bottom up processing: time takes a longer time, the world informing your brain. Top down processing: the brain informing you, and your previous experiments (stereotyping) Memory and perception are fundamentally intertwined together. We do not file out memories under some sort of code system (library stakes) How meaningful they are (how much associations we have with it) Instead we store memories based on meaningful associations (neural-activations) Also notes the associations between the items or parts of the material y deeper levels of processing = greater amounts of neural activity. Think neural nets number of excitatory signals enhanced communication with repeated activations. Retrieval cues help access information, which is why recognition is easier than recall. I. e. , where the information was last seen in the textbook. The encoding specificity principle states any stimulus encoded with an experience can become a trigger. Ideally to study in a way that you are going to be using it (quiet environment)
