PSYC 2700 Study Guide - Final Guide: Brodmann Area 10, Prefrontal Cortex, Semantic Memory
Document Summary
Hm: ltm and stm intact but can"t transfer declarative info to ltm (episodic info, mirror tracing task, had no memory of doing this task daily but over time still improved in this motor learning task. Semantic memory: highly organized (psychoanalysis, a clinical method, relies on organization of semantic memory) Tulving: subjective organization: presented list of unrelated words at diff times and in diff orders, recall got better with more trials on that list and organization got better as well. Models of semantic memory: feature model, semantic feature-comparison model, structure, knowledge consists of sets of features, some more important than others, defining (important ex. Birds have feathers and can fly) features and characteristic (less important ex. If you precede target word with something semantically related to it, you are quicker to decide whether it is a real word or not and vice versa.
