PSY270H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Classical Conditioning, Episodic Memory, Procedural Memory
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Brain imaging: measured fmri response to tasks involving stm and ltm, probe words from beginning of the list (ltm) activated areas of brain associated with. Ltm and stm: probe words at end of list activated areas of brain associated with stm, activation of the same areas of ltm and stm may be due to the interplay occurring between the two. Explicit memory (conscious, declarative): episodic memory memory for personal experiences, semantic memory stored knowledge and memory for facts. Distinguishing between episodic and semantic memory: difference is based on types of information remembered, can be based on type of experience associated with each. = lost episodic part of memory but retained semantic memory. Italian woman = impairment of semantic memory but retained episodic memory. Brain imaging evidence: recordings of personal events and facts, mri scanned brain areas that were activated by episodic events and semantic knowledge, overlap in activation of brain areas there are major differences.
