PSYC 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Amygdala, Memory Consolidation

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Appleton-Knapp

Document Summary

Memory consolidation the process through which memories are biologically. When you experience an event/gain new knowledge memory for new content is initially fragile. If consolidation is interrupted recall will be impossible later. Key steps of consolidation take place while you"re asleep. Emotional events trigger a response in the amygdala increases hippocampus activity crucial for getting memories established. Pay closer attention to the event and think about it more afterward. In uences what you remember, not how well you remember. Focused on a couple aspects of the scene. More likely to pay attention to aspects of the scene directly relevant to your goal. Flashbulb memories memories of extraordinary clarity, typically for highly emotional events, retained despite the passage of many years. Offering the audience a better , more interesting narrative. New version may replace the original memory. People can pick up new info in conversations. No detectable difference between an accurate ashbulb memory and an inaccurate one.