PSY BEH 192T Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Semantic Memory
28 Oct 2016
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For working to long-term memory- what is long term memory. Memory as the retention of information over time. But we might not have access to it at the moment (conscience memory) Retrieval- recovering stored information form our working memory. Encoding- we store some memories and we don"t store others. Retrieved- sometimes we know something but cant access it. Remembering the actual experiences of seeing a movie (going to the theater) or having gone on a trip- episodic. Remembering the 1st president of the us- semantic memory. Brain areas which are important are the hippocampus. Enhancing based performances as a result of previous exposure to an item (important; subjects are not directly/explicitly asked about the item-priming directly/explicitly asked about the item-priming. Ex- increased probability using a word or phrase that has recently been seen or heard( lexical priming. Increase ease of recognizing a face due to having seen the person recently (perceptual priming) Riding a bike or snowboarding- skills and habits.
