Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Air Traffic Controller, Prison Warden, Henry Molaison

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Ronald R Holden

Document Summary

Right now, i"m having amnesia and d j vu all at the same time. Set of processes that allow us to record and (later) retrieve experiences and information. Remember how to shut off alarm, route to school, what words mean, even what you like/dislike or who you are! 3 basic processes of memory: encoding: Translating information into a neural code that our brain can understand . A little like how sensory neurons translate signals. In this case, we translate any information. More like typing lecture material into a computer. Keystrokes are translated into an electrical code that the computer can understand . E. g. reading your class notes, studying for the exam. Retaining information over some period of time. Like hitting save on your computer: retrieval: Like opening the saved file on your computer. E. g. taking the exam, remembering course material. But, we only remember some things for a short time, while others we seem to remember forever.