PSY BEH 113D Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Episodic Memory, Psych, Autobiographical Memory
13 Jan 2020
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Processes involved in keeping information temporarily available and active in consciousness. Used for active mental work (manipulate, make decisions, problem solve) Rehearsal to keep information in working memory. Older people may experience: less mental energy or attentional resources less able to use working memory strategies (e. g. , rehearsal) Decline in processing speed less able to inhibit intruding stimuli. Default network (brain circuit) changes with age. Ltm: information that is held for a period of time ranging from several minutes to a lifetime. Decreased use of encoding strategies when learning new information. Reductions in size and activity of brain. Process information differently in their brains than younger adults. Declarative memory: knowledge available to conscious awareness; directly assessed by recall and recognition tests. Episodic memory: memory for events that took place in the past. Memory from distant past is not better remembered than recent past. E. g. , details of baseball game 10 years later better for younger adults than older adults.
