Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Henry Molaison, Air Traffic Controller, Sensory Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Chapter 8: memory: memory, set of processes that allow us to record and (later) retrieve experiences and information, seems simple, but is remarkably complex, lax air traffic controller, prison warden james smith, patient h. m. , patient k. c. , Rajan mahadevan, tatiana cooley: critical to everyday functioning. Remember how to shut off alarm, route to school, what words mean, even what you dislike/like or who you are. Basic processes of memory: encoding, translating information into a neural code that our brain can understand". Input process a little like how sensory neurons translate" signals in this case we translate any information. More like typing lecture material into a computer: keystrokes are translated into an electrical code that the computer can understand" i. e. reading your class notes, studying for an exam, storage, retaining information over some period of time. Storage process like hitting save" on your computer: retrieval, pulling information out of storage.