A PSY 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Autobiographical Memory, Semantic Memory, Implicit Memory
13 Jun 2018
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Day 2: Memory
Memory
• “The nervous system’s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge”
• “memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this info In the
present”
1. Encoding
a. Forming a memory; mentally representing info
b. Changing sensory stimuli into a form (ex.
Memory) that can be used
c. 3 pathways:
i. Visual
ii. Auditory
iii. Semantics (meaning)
2. Storage
a. Storing encoded info
b. The process of keeping or maintaining
info in memory
3. Retrieval
a. Finding a stored memory
b. Bringing to mind info that has been
stored in memory
The Brain
• Hippocampus
o Forming and consolidating memory
• Prefrontal cortex
o Memory storage, retrieval, and use of memory strategies
• Posterior regions
o Knowledge that isn’t tied to particular experiences (ex. Factual knowledge and some
semantics)
Long term memory
• Explicit (declarative) vs. Implicit (no declarative)
o Explicit memory
▪ Can be consciously recalled and stated verbally; can be “declared”
o Implicit memory
▪ may have an effect on behavior but is not something that people are consciously
aware of.
• Explicit (declarative)
o Semantic memory
▪ Knowledge about facts/the world
o Episodic memory
▪ Memories of particular things that happened
▪ The majority of these are autobiographical
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Document Summary
The nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge . Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this info in the present : encoding, forming a memory; mentally representing info, changing sensory stimuli into a form (ex. The brain: hippocampus, forming and consolidating memory, prefrontal cortex, memory storage, retrieval, and use of memory strategies, posterior regions, knowledge that isn"t tied to particular experiences (ex. Implicit (no declarative: explicit memory, can be consciously recalled and stated verbally; can be declared , implicit memory, may have an effect on behavior but is not something that people are consciously aware of, explicit (declarative) Semantic memory: knowledge about facts/the world, episodic memory, memories of particular things that happened, the majority of these are autobiographical. Day 2: memory: episodic memory may also require metacognitive skills. Implicit (nondeclarative): procedural memory, knowing how to do something, sometimes, doesn"t include knowledge that can be verbalized, conditioning effects.
