PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Echoic Memory
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Memory: the ability to store and retrieve information over time. Encoding: the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. Storage: the process of maintaining information in memory over time. Retrieval: the process of brining to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored. Memories are made by combining information we already have with new information. Elaborative encoding: the process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory. Visual imagery encoding: the process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures. Organizational encoding: the process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items. The method of loci the process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures. A classic mnemonic technique that depends heavily on visual imagery and the use of spatial knowledge to organize recall. Elaborative processing: brain activity during different types of judgments.
