Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prefrontal Cortex, Confabulation, Computer Data Storage

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

Observes fail to notice a visual object or event. The object or event is fully-visible and observers readily see it if they are looking for it. The failure to notice results from engagement of attention on other aspects of the display and not from aspects of the visual stimulus itself. Example for exam must fit this criteria in order to be attentional blindness. Illusion of attention (myth whereas inattentional blindness is a phenomena)-the belief that you would have seen it. Natural inference system (stores some facts, derive others) Delivers relevant knowledge when needed (works differently for everyone) Location-based (computers-know where everything is stored and look by based on an address) vs. context-driven memory (humans) Involuntarily triggered (eg. smelling something and it reminding you of a memory-it just pops up you don"t mean for it to happen) Short duration (without maintenance rehearsal-repeating something over and over)