PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anterograde Amnesia, Temporal Lobe, Psych
14 Sep 2016
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Psych 202 - intro to psychology + learning and memory (day 1 and 2) Content comes from the professor-- readings complement lecture. First reading on h. m. -- patient with memory issues. Quizzes - extra credit opportunity within them. Psychology is the study of the living brain. Brain is metabolically demanding - more than 10% gets used (myth busted) H. m. was missing the whole medial temporal lobe (which contains the hippocampus) Medial temporal lobe is a bilateral structure. Bilateral structure - having two sides; on both the left and right side of the brain. By losing hippocampus, h. m. lost ability to form new explicit declarative memories (memories that can be spoken out loud) -- this loss of ability is called anterograde amnesia. Still able to pick up on muscle memory. Brain has specific areas where different types of memories are formed. Memories are formed in the hippocampus but are stored elsewhere. Thorough description and study of a person.
