PSY-220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scientific Progress, Hebbian Theory, Methylphenidate

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY-220
• Professor: Odgaard, Eric C

Document Summary

Lashley"s search for the engram until you give me what i want : pavlov suggested there must be nuclei in the brain located to represent the us, Types of memory: hebb (1949) differentiated between two types of memory, short-term memory: memory of events that have just occurred, the study of this construct actually gave birth to the sub-discipline. Intact working memory: h. m. "s short-term or working memory remained intact, was able to remember a number after 15 minutes without distraction, when distracted, memory was gone in seconds. Semantic episodic memory: semantic memory, memories or factual information, episodic memory, memories of single personal events, flashbulb memory: a specialized type of episodic memory, from a deeply traumatic event. Normal pattern of amnesia patients: normal working memory, unless distracted, severe anterograde amnesia, severe loss of episodic memories, better implicit than explicit memory, nearly intact procedural memory.