PSYC 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Temporal Lobe, Semantic Memory, Explicit Memory
26 Apr 2018
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Lecture 10 Notes
• Learning: change in the brain as a result of experience
i. Facts, events, skills, behavior patterns
ii. Act of acquiring information from the environment
• Memory: the ability to store and retrieve the changes
• Types of memory
1. Short-term
i. Seconds > hours
ii. Limited capacity
2. Long-term
i. ~24 hours
ii. Virtually unlimited capacity
3. Working memory
i. Information that is temporarily stored while we are using it
ii. Requires focused attention
• Types of long-term memory
1. Declarative (explicit) memory: information that can be deliberately recalled
i. Recognized as a memory (conscious awareness)
2. Non-declarative (implicit) memory: memory demonstrated through performance rather
than recollection
i. May not be recognized as a memory (no conscious awareness)
• Types of declarative memory
1. Semantic memory: memory for meanings, understandings, and other factual knowledge
2. Episodic memory: memory for a single event (usually autobiographical)
i. Flashbulb memories
• Types of non-declarative memory
1. Procedural memory: memory for motor skills and
habits/routines
2. Associative learning: memory for relationships
between events
i. Classical conditioning
a. Dogs hear bell and salivate
ii. Operant (instrumental) conditioning
a. Fear conditioning
• The case of H.M
i. H.M was 27 years old in 1953 and suffered from
severe epilepsy
a. 1 generalized convulsion each week plus several smaller ones every day
b. Seizures arose from the medial parts of both temporal lobes
ii. H.M underwent a medial temporal lobectomy to relieve his symptoms
a. The result was that seizures were almost eliminated BUT devasting amnesia (serious
memory loss)
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Document Summary
Learning: change in the brain as a result of experience. Act of acquiring information from the environment: memory: the ability to store and retrieve the changes, types of memory, short-term. Information that is temporarily stored while we are using it. Requires focused attention: types of long-term memory, declarative (explicit) memory: information that can be deliberately recalled. Recognized as a memory (conscious awareness: non-declarative (implicit) memory: memory demonstrated through performance rather than recollection. May not be recognized as a memory (no conscious awareness: types of declarative memory, semantic memory: memory for meanings, understandings, and other factual knowledge, episodic memory: memory for a single event (usually autobiographical) Flashbulb memories: types of non-declarative memory, procedural memory: memory for motor skills and habits/routines, associative learning: memory for relationships between events. Classical conditioning: dogs hear bell and salivate. Operant (instrumental) conditioning: fear conditioning, the case of h. m.
