PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Explicit Memory, Cortisol, Eyewitness Memory

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Memory the ability to store and retrieve information over time. 3 key functions of memory encoding, storage, retrieval. Memories are made by combining information we already have in our brains with new information that comes through our senses. Memories are constructed, not recorded, and encoding is the process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory. Memories are a combination of old and new information, so the nature of any particular memory depends as much on the old information already in our memories as it does on the new information coming through our senses. Visual imagery encoding does some of the same things elaborative encoding foes: when you create a visual image, you relate incoming information to knowledge already in the memory. Organizing words into conceptual groups and relating them to one another makes it easier to reconstruct the items from memory later.

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