A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Mental Chronometry, Cerebellum, Memory Span
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Internal record or representation of some prior event or experience. The capacity to store and t retrieve information. Memory is not merely a result but is accumulation of knowledege. Processing and utilisation of information for decision making (e. g. behavioural desciions) Memory does not only store information on aspects of the external, percepatble reallity but also programmes for action, cognitive operations, and strategies. retrieval active processing of information rehearsal. Amygdala: declare memories and memories for emotionalsignification. Cerebellum: process memory and memory for repetition. Models of situations are stored in memory in the hippocampus (e. g. a rabbit in a kitchen) Objects not fitting in the model of the situation as stored in memory are irrelevant irrelevant objects trigger implicit detection mechanisms in contrasts to explicit memory processes, in which we actively search information compare startle reflex. Sensory memory--------------------->short term memory-------------------> term memory up to 500ms years. 100 characteristics/sec brief storage of information and information until further processing (not.
