GERO 14029 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frontal Lobe, Long-Term Memory, Sensory Memory
29 Apr 2016
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Why study memory: practical memory: memory skills are necessary to cope with everyday life, ex. Remembering medications: age brings gains and losses, but memory can be maintained/enhanced. Memory structures: sensory memory: first step in receiving information, ex. 7-digit phone number: some age deficits when manipulating info, long term memory: permanent memory storage, long term memory has unlimited capacity, age differences in long term memory depend on the type of information, ex. Memory processes: information processing approach, encoding: giving meaning to the memory, storage: refers to organizing information in a hierarchical manner, retrieval: refers to getting out the information. Retrieval problems: older adults worse at recalling information, multiple choice tests, no differences in recognizing information, essay test. Explicit internal aids: encoding strategies: mental imaging, rehearsal, organization and elaboration. Rehearsal: mnemonic devices: verbal or visual association to link unrelated pieces of info to remember, rhyme: i before e except after c , form a verbal/math association: homes (great lakes)
