PSY100H1 Lecture 5: Lecture 5- Feb 13.rtf
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Memory: the nervous system"s capacity to acquire and retain usable skills and knowledge. Our memories are surprisingly good in some situations and surprisingly poor in others. In one study, students saw 2560 photographs of objects for only a few seconds each. Sometimes, these feats of memory are linked to autism. Ex: kim peek, the inspiration for rain man. Suggestive memory techniques: procedures that strongly encourage patients to recall memories often create recollections that were not really there to begin with. Memory illusion: false but subjectively compelling memory our brain goes beyond the information it has at its disposal to fill in the blanks and make meaning of information. We actively reconstruct our memories using cues and information available to us. We do not passively reproduce them as if a movie is being replaced in our minds. Memories can be recalled from 3rd person, as if someone was playing it back to you.
