PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Explicit Memory, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
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The frontal lobes and the hippocampus are responsible for storing our explicit memories e. ii. The left and right hemispheres are responsible for different types of explicit memory storage e. iii. The left hemisphere is responsible for remembering passwords, names, and other things related to language e. iv. The right hemisphere is responsible for remembering visual imagery e. v. The hippocampus is like a save button in the brain e. vi. The left half of the hippocampus stores verbal information e. vii. The right half of the hippocampus stores visual designs and locations e. viii. The hippocampus is not where our memories are stored permanently it is more like a temporary loading dock e. viii. 1. Memory is eventually moved to another area of the brain for permanent storage, typically during deep sleep f. Implicit memories are learned associations and procedural memories f. ii. The cerebellum plays a key role in storing implicit memories learned through classical conditioning f. ii. 1.
